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noun
A Māori tradition of reciprocal giving of gifts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
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noun
A voluntary donation given for a service that has been provided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
The koel (Eudynamys), a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia, and the Pacific with a distinctive loud call; specifically, the Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Sri-Lanka
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History
Borrowed from Māori koha (“regard, respect; gift, present”).
Borrowed from Sinhalese කොහා (kohā, “cuckoo”), probably from Sinhalese කෝ + හඩ (kō + haḍa, “cuckoo”) or ultimately as the abbreviation of the word tells, the imitation of the chirping and trilling sound.
Across languages
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