whare
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[edit] Noun
whare (plural whares)
- Maori hut
- We were on the brow of the hill, and below us there was a whare roofed in with corrugated iron. - "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" by Katherine Mansfield (first published in 1912)
[edit] Maori
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic, compare Indonesian balai. Cognate with Fijian vale, Hawaiian hale.
[edit] Noun
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