whare

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Maori whare (“house”).

Noun

whare (plural whares)

1. A Maori hut.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store

     We were on the brow of the hill, and below us there was a whare roofed in with corrugated iron.

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

whare

1. house
2. building

Derived terms

• whare karakia (church)
• whare noho