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Reduplication of koru (“coiled”)

korukoru

  1. wrinkle
  2. nook, cavity

korukoru

  1. sagging, droopy (of skin)

Likely onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

korukoru

  1. turkey
  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “korukoru”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 171
  • “korukoru” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.