kuri

/ ˈkuːrɪ /

noun

1. Also calledgoorie a mongrel dog
2. slang.
   an unpleasant or unpopular person

Word History and Origins

Origin of kuri¹

Māori

Example Sentences

It was a leave-taking of his favourite warrior; for the Ngati Kuri were fated to die to a man on the next land they trod.

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One man only was, at the defeat of the Ngati Kuri, on Motiti, rescued to tell the tale.

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They had left home in search of hiras and manis, and now were scheming to secure the Indarpuri Kuri as the wife of one of them.

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This Indarpuri Kuri had given out, that whoever would go and come twelve kos seven times within an hour should be her husband.

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This Kuri was a younger sister of the other, and she gave a like blessing to Lelha before he released her horse.

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