kuku

/ kuːkuː /

noun

1. another name for New Zealand pigeon
2. a mussel

Word History and Origins

Origin of kuku¹

Māori

Example Sentences

From there, the local authorities transported the group to Kuku, an uninhabited island, and left them there.

From The Daily Beast

The same green herbs that appear in sabzi polow are invited back for an encore in a frittata-like egg dish known as kuku sabzi.

From The Daily Beast

It is the private property of your true hosts, the 7,000 Maasai who own the Kuku Group Ranch.

From The Daily Beast

The partnership between the Belpietros of Lombardi and the Maasai of the Kuku Group Ranch is nothing short of remarkable.

From The Daily Beast

Kuba may have arisen independently, or have been derived from the Bantu kuku.

From Project Gutenberg

The kuku is a small green turtle-dove, very common in the islands, and called also u'u and kukupa.

From Project Gutenberg

He had gone by the whale-boat of Special Agent Bauda to an adjoining deserted island to shoot kuku.

From Project Gutenberg

He seemed to be raving a great deal, and wound up the first part with, Nao kuku daure (Foreign tobacco is bad).

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Nawangsì ang tibuuk kung kuku, My whole fingernail got turned up.

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