Māori
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Maori Māori, from māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”).
Proper noun[edit]
Māori
- The language of the Polynesian people native to New Zealand.
Noun[edit]
Māori (plural Māoris or Māori)
- A member of the Polynesian people native to New Zealand.
Adjective[edit]
Māori
- Of or pertaining to the Maori people, culture, or language.
Anagrams[edit]
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From māori (“normal”). This usage arose after contact with Westerners and the resulting need to specify different ethnic groups.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Māori
- Maori, Māori
- the Māori culture or ethnicity
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters (in English), page 208:
- In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana. (Note: this quotation comes from a text that does not show macrons.)
- a member of the Māori culture or ethnicity, a Māori person
- Antonym: pākehā
- the Māori culture or ethnicity
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
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- English terms derived from Maori
- English lemmas
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English adjectives
- Maori terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maori lemmas
- Maori proper nouns
- Maori terms with quotations