hiriwa

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English silver.

Noun

hiriwa

1. silver

References

• Biggs, Bruce [Grandison] (1990) English–Maori, Maori–English Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, EBSCOhost edsebk, Goodreads, Google Books, Library Thing, Nexus/STC, page 93
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 23: “*Hiriwa, s. Silver.”