Maori
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Maori māori, meaning "aborigine", "native", "normal", "ordinary", or "plain".
Alternative forms [edit]
- Māori: Preferred usage in Māori text.
- Mäori: Alternative usage in Māori text where macrons not available.
- Maaori: Alternative usage in Māori text with limited character sets.
Adjective [edit]
Maori
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.
Translations [edit]
of, from, or pertaining to the Māori
Noun [edit]
Maori (countable and uncountable; plural Maori or Maoris)
- Language of the Maori.
- Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Member of the people of New Zealand.
Usage notes [edit]
The plural form "Maoris" is sometimes used for members of the people, but "Maori" is preferred, as the term is invariant in Māori.
Translations [edit]
language of the Māori
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indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand
member of the people of New Zealand
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Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- 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
- Ethnologue entry for Maori, mi
- 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)
