rātou

Māori

Etymology

Compare Hawaiian lākou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːtou/ [ˈɾɑːtɔʉ]

Pronoun

rātou

1. they, them (plural; three or more people)

See also

Māori personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			au, ahau	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			koe	kōrua	koutou
3rd person			ia	rāua	rātou

Further reading

• “rātou” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.