Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tattooing as practised by the natives of New Zealand, the designs consisting of elaborate figures with predominating spirals and covering a great part of the body.
- To tattoo in the manner practised by the natives of New Zealand.
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Examples
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Ngapuhi Maori elder Kingi Taurua sports traditional facial tattoos, known as moko, at a marae in Whangarei
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He justly observes that "moko" is the counterpart of the armorial bearings of which many families in Europe are so vain.
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Some are found to undergo the painful operation of "moko" five times.
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Tattooing, or "moko," as the New Zealanders call it, is a mark of great distinction.
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Kaːfo, kaːfo, kaːfo ni moko kwɛ oɖaŋDon't cry, don't cry, don't cry for someone to look in your mouthSika kɛ kpɔ yɛ oɖanA gold nugget is in your mouthKaːfo ni moko kwɛ oɖaŋDon't cry for someone to look in your mouth2
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Kaːfo, kaːfo, kaːfo ni moko kwɛ oɖaŋDon't cry, don't cry, don't cry for someone to look in your mouthSika kɛ kpɔ yɛ oɖanA gold nugget is in your mouthKaːfo ni moko kwɛ oɖaŋDon't cry for someone to look in your mouth2
Children of Men 2010
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Finally, in the first years of contact with Europeans, Māori chiefs would draw their moko (facial tattoo) on documents in place of a signature.
Frances McInnis: Five Conversation Starters: Jesse James and Tattoos 2010
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Clayton Cubitt's Maori moko portraits, photo and video
Boing Boing 2008
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Finally, in the first years of contact with Europeans, Māori chiefs would draw their moko (facial tattoo) on documents in place of a signature.
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TJX… some of us, like me and you and moko and chaz have the capability to play BFBC2..other!
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