Maori

See also: maori, māori, and Māori

English

Alternative forms

  • Māori (preferred usage in Māori text)
  • Mäori, Maaori (alternative usage in Māori text when macrons are not available)

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʊɹi/
  • (General New Zealand, non-standard) IPA(key): /ˈmɐːɹiː/, /ˈmɐʉɹiː/, /ˈmoːɹiː/, /ˈmeəɹiː/
  • (US, dialectal, non-standard) IPA(key): /meɪˈ(j)ɔːɹi/
  • Rhymes: -aʊɹi

Adjective

Maori

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

Maori

  1. The indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  2. The language of these people.

Translations

Noun

Maori (plural Maori or Maoris)

  1. A member of this people.

Usage notes

The plural form "Maoris" is sometimes used for members of the people, but "Maori" is preferred, as the term is invariant in Māori.

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

  • te reo
  • Index of Maori words
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Maori terms

Further reading

eTexts at the NZ Electronic Text Centre

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