kuku
- another name for New Zealand pigeon
- a mussel
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Word Origin
Māori
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Contemporary Examples
From there, the local authorities transported the group to Kuku, an uninhabited island, and left them there.
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.
It is the private property of your true hosts, the 7,000 Maasai who own the Kuku Group Ranch.
The partnership between the Belpietros of Lombardi and the Maasai of the Kuku Group Ranch is nothing short of remarkable.
Historical Examples
When they see Kuku outside they simply scoot away and buy bromides.
Heart of the WestO. Henry
I told him to sleep; he answered, Kuku mahuta, (Smoke, then sleep).
Adventures in New GuineaJames Chalmers
Kuku has by no means forgotten or forgiven the man who sold his father's head to the white man.
The adventures of Kimble BentJames Cowan
Some mention should also be made of the monasteries at Kuku khotun, ‘the blue city’ in Tartary.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with ChristianitySir Monier Monier-Williams
The western chain of hills has loftier peaks than those of Kuku, Jebel Loka being about 3000 ft. high.