piopio

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori piopio.

Noun

piopio (plural piopios)

1. Either of two extinct passerine songbirds of New Zealand comprising the genus Turnagra: the North Island piopio (Turnagra tanagra) and South Island piopio (Turnagra capensis).

Dutch

Etymology

From English piopio, from Maori piopio.

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Noun

piopio m (plural piopio's, diminutive piopiootje n)

1. a piopio; any bird in the genus Turnagra

Further reading

• Turnagra on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Maori

Noun

piopio

1. piopio (Turnagra spp.)

   Synonyms: korohea, koropio, tiutiu, tiutiukata

2. double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus)

   Synonym: pohowera

3. New Zealand blueberry (Dianella nigra)

   Synonyms: rēua, tūrutu

References

• Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 122
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 120: “Píopío, s. The name of a bird.”