pounamuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Maori pounamu.

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名詞

pounamu (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand) Jade, nephrite.
   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 233:

     “They didn't exactly eat off pounamu plates, but they left quite a bit to us all.”

   • 2021 December 6, Charlotte Graham-McLay, “In New Zealand, the Fishhook Pendant Called Hei Matau”, in The New York Times‎:

     Over time, the hooks became increasingly stylized and now are a popular shape for decorative pounamu pendants called hei matau, the first word indicating that the matau is worn around the neck.

参考

• greenstone