iwi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori iwi (literally “bone”).

Noun

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori tribe.
   • 1996, Diane Bell, Renate Klein, Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed (page 505)

     Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

Anagrams

• Wii

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. bone

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Maia

Noun

iwi

1. number

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race (often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory)
2. strength, bone

Derived terms

Terms derived from iwi

• aukati iwi (“racism”)
• iwi kāinga (“local people, hosts, home crowd”)
• Iwi Poa (“Afrikaners, Boers - South Africans of Dutch descent”)
• iwi taketake (“indigenous people, native people”)
• iwi whenua (“indigenous people, native people”)
• iwi whānui (“general population, public”)

• kaiwhakawhanaunga ā-iwi (“race relations conciliator”)
• Mana Whakahaere ā-Iwi (“Iwi Authority”)
• Ngā Iwi (“a tribe that once lived in the Auckland”)
• patu iwi (“bone weapon, weapon for destroying people; genocide”)
• poutoko iwi (“community leader”)
• reo ā-iwi (“dialect, tribal dialect”)

• rūnanga ā-iwi (“tribal council”)
• Tari Tiaki Iwi (“Public Trust”)
• tikanga ā-iwi (“cultural practice, social science, tribal custom”)
• Tira Ahu Iwi (“Iwi Transition Agency”)
• tūreiti e te iwi (“too late”)
• Whakaratonga Iwi (“New Zealand Fire Service”)