pipi

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Maori name of a shellfish, sometimes(erroneously) called the cockle, Mezodesmanovae-zelandiae.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'(Church Missionary Society), p. 193:

«Pipi, s. a cockle.»

1881. J. L.Campbell, `Poenamo,' p. 107:

«With most deliciously cooked kumeras, potatoes and peppies» [sic].

Ibid. p. 204:

«The dernier ressort – – fern-root,flavoured with fish and pippies.»

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p.25:

«Each female is busily employed in scraping the potatoesthoroughly with pipi-shells.»