whare
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Maori whare (“house”).
Noun[edit]
whare (plural whares)
- 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.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.
Noun[edit]
whare
Derived terms[edit]
- whare herehere (“prison”)
- whare karakia (“church”)
- whare noho
Descendants[edit]
- → English: whare
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Maori
- English terms derived from Maori
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns