Definition of koruru in English:

koruru

noun ˈkɔːrʊrə

Late 19th century: Maori.

单词	koruru
释义	Definition of koruru in English: koruru noun ˈkɔːrʊrə NZ A carved mask fitted as a decoration on the gable peak of a Maori meeting house. a canopy was erected with four sets of koruru Example sentencesExamples Two photographs show the koruru decorated with what are believed to be hawk feathers. The koruru crowning the apex of the house is his head. The front of the house has at the apex of the gable a large carved head which we call the koruru. There was meant to be an ancestral figure up there, a proper koruru. The founding ancestor after whom this meeting house is usually named is depicted by the koruru. At the apex of the maibi, above the doorway, is the koruru or central carving. The koruru is the head of the ancestor. The koruru is curiously wrought with detail manaia carving on the forehead. His arms are the maihi, the boards sloping down from the koruru to form the roof. The name of the carved head (koruru) on the front gable is visible. Origin Late 19th century: Maori.
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