iwi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori iwi (literally “bone”).

Noun

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)

(New Zealand) A Maori tribe.
- 1996, Diane Bell, Renate Klein, Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed (page 505)
  Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

Anagrams

Wii

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

bone

Maia

Noun

iwi

number

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race (often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory)
strength, bone

Derived terms

Terms derived from iwi

aukati iwi (“racism”)
iwi kāinga (“local people, hosts, home crowd”)
Iwi Poa (“Afrikaners, Boers - South Africans of Dutch descent”)
iwi taketake (“indigenous people, native people”)
iwi whenua (“indigenous people, native people”)
iwi whānui (“general population, public”)

kaiwhakawhanaunga ā-iwi (“race relations conciliator”)
Mana Whakahaere ā-Iwi (“Iwi Authority”)
Ngā Iwi (“a tribe that once lived in the Auckland”)
patu iwi (“bone weapon, weapon for destroying people; genocide”)
poutoko iwi (“community leader”)
reo ā-iwi (“dialect, tribal dialect”)

rūnanga ā-iwi (“tribal council”)
Tari Tiaki Iwi (“Public Trust”)
tikanga ā-iwi (“cultural practice, social science, tribal custom”)
Tira Ahu Iwi (“Iwi Transition Agency”)
tūreiti e te iwi (“too late”)
Whakaratonga Iwi (“New Zealand Fire Service”)

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