Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koneke

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: koneke
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A farm vehicle used in New Zealand that has wheels in the back like a cart and runners in front like a sledge.

Example Sentences

"There are the tracks of sledge runners on the narrowing road; that lonely farmhouse around the next bend, a dairy farm twelve hundred feet or more above the harbour level, sends its milk-cans down to the bay by the old-style bush koneke that is the only means of conveyance on some of these lofty roads."
"I have been shocked to see young children put on a koneke loaded with hay, with the tractor in crawler gear moving down a hill and the farmer pitching off bales of hay."
"He used to blow his stack properly when he had his three-horse team hitched up to a koneke load of fertiliser."

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori kōneke.

Word Breakdown

Root: kōneke

Inflected Forms

konekes (plural) konaki (alternative)

Questions

What does koneke mean?: A farm vehicle used in New Zealand that has wheels in the back like a cart and runners in front like a sledge.
Where does koneke come from?: Borrowed from Māori kōneke.

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