The story
- Māori · borrowed frompiripiri
- English todaybidgee-widgee
Alteration of New Zealand English biddi-biddi, Anglicisation of Māori piripiri.
Words from the same roots
Māoripiripiri all →
piripiri
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bidgee-widgee
Today it means: A small prostrate, rosaceous, perennial plant, Acaena novae-zelandiae, native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea; now an invasive weed in Britain and western Europe. Full definition →
Māori piripiri