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Maori
Etymology
upoko (“head”) + kohua (“boil”). In Māori culture, the head is considered tapu, so boiling a head would be the ultimate insult.
Noun
pōkokohua
- (literal) boiled head
- (vulgar, offensive, derogatory) cunt, motherfucker, a highly offensive insult for an unpleasant person
Pōkokohua mā, me mutu ēnā mahi kōhuru!- You cunts, stop breaking the law!
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Further reading
- “pōkokohua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.