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mauri

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See also: Mauri, maurí, and maùri

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori mauri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mauri (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) Life force, according to Maori beliefs.
    • 2021 January 1, “Local hapū to watch over dangerous Omanawa Falls near Tauranga”, in Stuff NZ[2]:
      We're just cuzzies from down at the marae down the road that are trying to be proactive and look after our whenua, look after our stories, and look after the mauri of our awa, our river.

Anagrams

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qudip, from *qudip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip.

Verb

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mauri

  1. to live[1]

References

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Catalan

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Verb

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mauri

  1. inflection of maurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Estonian

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Noun

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mauri

  1. genitive singular of maur
  2. partitive singular of maur
  3. illative singular of maur

Finnish

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Etymology

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From German Maure.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑu̯ri/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯ri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuri
  • Hyphenation(key): mau‧ri

Noun

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mauri

  1. (historical) Moor (member of a North African ethnic group)

Declension

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Inflection of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative mauri maurit
genitive maurin maurien
partitive mauria maureja
illative mauriin maureihin
singular plural
nominative mauri maurit
accusative nom. mauri maurit
gen. maurin
genitive maurin maurien
partitive mauria maureja
inessive maurissa maureissa
elative maurista maureista
illative mauriin maureihin
adessive maurilla maureilla
ablative maurilta maureilta
allative maurille maureille
essive maurina maureina
translative mauriksi maureiksi
abessive mauritta maureitta
instructive maurein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maurini maurini
accusative nom. maurini maurini
gen. maurini
genitive maurini maurieni
partitive mauriani maurejani
inessive maurissani maureissani
elative mauristani maureistani
illative mauriini maureihini
adessive maurillani maureillani
ablative mauriltani maureiltani
allative maurilleni maureilleni
essive maurinani maureinani
translative maurikseni maureikseni
abessive maurittani maureittani
instructive
comitative maureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maurisi maurisi
accusative nom. maurisi maurisi
gen. maurisi
genitive maurisi mauriesi
partitive mauriasi maurejasi
inessive maurissasi maureissasi
elative mauristasi maureistasi
illative mauriisi maureihisi
adessive maurillasi maureillasi
ablative mauriltasi maureiltasi
allative maurillesi maureillesi
essive maurinasi maureinasi
translative mauriksesi maureiksesi
abessive maurittasi maureittasi
instructive
comitative maureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maurimme maurimme
accusative nom. maurimme maurimme
gen. maurimme
genitive maurimme mauriemme
partitive mauriamme maurejamme
inessive maurissamme maureissamme
elative mauristamme maureistamme
illative mauriimme maureihimme
adessive maurillamme maureillamme
ablative mauriltamme maureiltamme
allative maurillemme maureillemme
essive maurinamme maureinamme
translative mauriksemme maureiksemme
abessive maurittamme maureittamme
instructive
comitative maureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maurinne maurinne
accusative nom. maurinne maurinne
gen. maurinne
genitive maurinne maurienne
partitive maurianne maurejanne
inessive maurissanne maureissanne
elative mauristanne maureistanne
illative mauriinne maureihinne
adessive maurillanne maureillanne
ablative mauriltanne maureiltanne
allative maurillenne maureillenne
essive maurinanne maureinanne
translative mauriksenne maureiksenne
abessive maurittanne maureittanne
instructive
comitative maureinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Gilbertese

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Interjection

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mauri

  1. hello

Latin

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Adjective

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maurī

  1. inflection of maurus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

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  • mauri in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mauri”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mauri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

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Noun

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mauri m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of maurs

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *maquri (compare with Samoan mauli, Tongan moʻui)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip (compare Javanese urip, Iban idup and Malay hidup “to live”).[2][3]

Noun

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mauri

  1. life
    1. life force or principle; metaphorical soul; source of life
      • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
        In 1979 a gathering of elder 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.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. heart, seat of emotions
    Synonyms: ate, manawa, ngākau
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Descendants

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  • English: mauri

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 237
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maquri”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 201-2

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mauri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 229-30
  • mauri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *mauʀi, variant of *mawiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)wiʀi, from *wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *wiʀi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mauri

  1. left

Further reading

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