Maori

See also maori, māori, and Māori

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaʊri/, SAMPA: /"maUri/
• Rhymes: -aʊri

Etymology

• From Maori language term maori, meaning "aborigine", "native", "normal", "ordinary", or "plain".

Alternative forms

• Māori: Preferred usage in Māori text. Macrons recommended by Māori Language Commission to indicate long vowel sounds in Māori words. Macrons also used in New Zealand English texts with Māori-related content.
• Mäori: Alternative usage in Māori text where macrons not available.
• Maaori: Alternative usage in Māori text with limited character sets.

Adjective

Maori

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to the Māori

Bulgarian: маорски (bg) m., маорска (bg) f., маорско (bg) n., маорски (bg) pl. Chinese: 毛利的 (Máolì de) Dutch: Maori (nl) Finnish: maori- French: maori (fr) m., maorie (fr) f. Macedonian: маорски (mk) (máorski) m., маорска (mk) (máorska) f., маорско (mk) (máorsko) n., маорски (mk) (máorski) pl.

Manx: Maorach (gv) Maori: Māori (mi) Persian: مائوری (Mā'ori) Polish: maoryski (pl) m., maoryska (pl) f., maoryskie (pl) n. Portuguese: maori (pt)

Noun

Maori (countable and uncountable; plural Maori or Maoris)

1. Language of the Maori.
2. Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
3. Member of the people of New Zealand.

Usage notes

The plural form "Maoris" is sometimes used for members of the people, but "Maori" is preferred, as the term is invariant in Māori.

Translations

language of the Māori

Arabic: ماوري (ar) (mauriy) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 毛利語 (cmn), 毛利语 (cmn) (Máolì-yǔ) Czech: maorština (cs) f. Dutch: Maori (nl) n. Finnish: maorin kieli (fi) French: maori (fr) m. German: Maori (de) n.

Irish: Maorais (ga) f. Japanese: マオリ語 (ja) (Maori-go) Korean: 마오리어 (ko) (Maori-eo) Macedonian: маорски (mk) (máorski) m. Maori: te reo Māori (mi), Māori (mi) Polish: maoryski (pl) m. Russian: маори (ru) (máori) m. (indeclinable)

indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand

Bulgarian: маори (bg) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 毛利人 (cmn) (Máolì-rén) Dutch: Maori (nl) pl. Estonian: maur (et)

Finnish: maorit (fi) pl. Japanese: マオリ人 (ja) (Maori-jin) Macedonian: Маори (mk) (Máori) pl. Polish: Maorysi (pl) pl. Russian: маори (ru) (máori) m. and f. (indeclinable)

member of the people of New Zealand

Dutch: Maori m. and f. Finnish: maori (fi) French: Maori (fr) m., Maorie (fr) f. Macedonian: Маор (mk) (Máor) m., Маорка (mk) (Máorka) f.

Manx: Maorach (gv) m. Polish: Maorys (pl) m., Maoryska (pl) f. Russian: маори (ru) (máori) m. and f. (indeclinable)

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Maori: Māori Persian: مائوری (mā’ori) Portuguese: maori (1,2) Swedish: maori (1,2)

Derived terms

• Maoriland

See also

• te reo
• Index of Maori words
• Wiktionary's coverage of Maori terms

External links

• Ngata Dictionary (new URL 2005 - it now has macrons, but it is initially unable to recognise them in a Maori-English search)
• ngā aho whakamāori-ā-tuhi (English and Maori Word Translator) formerly from the Knowledge Engineering Laboratory of University of Otāgo, now based in Auckland
• He Kupu Rorohiko - Computer-related terms, by Te Taka Keegan - over 350 Maori-English words and phrases, followed by English-Maori
• Maori - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code mi, ISO 639-3 code mri (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Maori, mri

eTexts at the NZ Electronic Text Centre

• A Dictionary of the Maori Language, by Herbert Williams (1957).
• Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, by Edward Tregear (1891).
• First Lessons in Maori, by Bishop William Williams (1930)

Anagrams

• Mario
• Moira
• moria