mauri

See also: Mauri and maùri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori mauri.

Noun

mauri (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) life force, according to Maori beliefs

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

mauri

  1. A Moor.

Declension

Inflection of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative mauri maurit
genitive maurin maurien
partitive mauria maureja
illative mauriin maureihin
singular plural
nominative mauri maurit
accusative nom. mauri maurit
gen. maurin
genitive maurin maurien
partitive mauria maureja
inessive maurissa maureissa
elative maurista maureista
illative mauriin maureihin
adessive maurilla maureilla
ablative maurilta maureilta
allative maurille maureille
essive maurina maureina
translative mauriksi maureiksi
instructive — maurein
abessive mauritta maureitta
comitative — maureineen

Derived terms

Anagrams

Gilbertese

Interjection

mauri

  1. hello

Latin

Adjective

maurī

  1. nominative masculine plural of maurus
  2. genitive masculine singular of maurus
  3. genitive neuter singular of maurus
  4. vocative masculine plural of maurus

References

  • mauri in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • mauri in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mauri in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

mauri m

  1. nominative plural form of maurs
  2. vocative plural form of maurs

Maori

Noun

mauri

  1. life principle; metaphorical soul; source of life
    2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
    In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.
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