kauri
/ˈkaʊɹi/noun
kauri is a noun meaning “A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-A-U-R-I, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kauri is kauris.
What does kauri mean?
noun
- 1
A conifer of the genus Agathis, found in Australasia and Melanesia, especially Agathis australis.
- 2
The wood of the kauri tree.
- 3
A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
- 4
Alternative form of cowrie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce kauri?
- /ˈkaʊɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kauri
- kauris plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kauri?
Kauri appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does kauri come from?
Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).