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tekoteko

tekoteko noun: carved figure as a finial on the gable of a Maori house.

Noun

tekoteko (plural tekotekos)

  1. Carved figure as a finial on the gable of a Maori house
  2. A Maori human-form carving
    • The core of the pā, found on the cliff corner, has been reconstructed in recent years to include a traditional Māori fence and a tekoteko.2021 January 22, Mina Kerr-Lazenby, “Secret NZ: The historic pā site which lies just north of Auckland's Castor Bay”, in Stuff NZ, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

Forms of tekoteko

pluraltekotekos

Questions about tekoteko

What does tekoteko mean?
Tekoteko means carved figure as a finial on the gable of a Maori house.
What part of speech is tekoteko?
Tekoteko is a noun.
What is the plural of tekoteko?
The plural of tekoteko is tekotekos.

Words near tekoteko in the dictionary

  1. teknonymous
  2. teknonyms
  3. teknonymy
  4. Teko
  5. Tekong
  6. tekoteko
  7. teks
  8. tekt
  9. tektin
  10. tektins
  11. tektite

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