Lexicographical Neighbors of Taiaha
Literary usage of Taiaha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Te Ika a Maui, Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants: Illustrating the Origin by Richard Taylor (1870)
"... had almost as much command over their toes as fingers, and could lay hold of
substances with them, and pick up anything with ease. HE taiaha, OR CHIEF'S ..."
2. New Zealand of To-day by John Bradshaw (1888)
"... The sibyl Mere Taipu — A Tauranga prophet — Maori poetry — War-song and a
lover's complaint — How the chiefs live — The taiaha — Abolition of the ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. ... In his right hand he
brandished a taiaha, a six-foot Maori broadsword of hard wood, ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. ... 80 : taiaha, a six-foot
Maori broadsword of " In his right hand he brandished a hard wood, ..."
5. Te Ika a Maui, Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants: Illustrating the Origin by Richard Taylor (1870)
"... had almost as much command over their toes as fingers, and could lay hold of
substances with them, and pick up anything with ease. HE taiaha, OR CHIEF'S ..."
6. New Zealand of To-day by John Bradshaw (1888)
"... The sibyl Mere Taipu — A Tauranga prophet — Maori poetry — War-song and a
lover's complaint — How the chiefs live — The taiaha — Abolition of the ..."
7. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. ... In his right hand he
brandished a taiaha, a six-foot Maori broadsword of hard wood, ..."
8. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The taiaha is rather a long-handled club than a spear. ... 80 : taiaha, a six-foot
Maori broadsword of " In his right hand he brandished a hard wood, ..."
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