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Maori - What does it mean?

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maori

English

(wikipedia Maori)

Alternative forms

* * , Maaori

Adjective

(head)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

    • Derived terms

    * Maori onion * Maori rat * Maori title

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • The language of these people.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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 M?ori.

    Derived terms

    * Maoriland

    See also

    * te reo * * (mi)

    External links

    * Ngata Dictionary (new URL 2005 - it now has macrons, but it is initially unable to recognise them in a Maori-English search) * ng? aho whakam?ori-?-tuhi (English and Maori Word Translator) formerly from the Knowledge Engineering Laboratory of University of Ot?go, now based in Auckland * He Kupu Rorohiko - Computer-related terms, by Te Taka Keegan - over 350 Maori-English words and phrases, followed by English-Maori * Maori - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition. * ; eTexts at the NZ Electronic Text Centre * A Dictionary of the Maori Language, by Herbert Williams (1957). * Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, by Edward Tregear (1891). * First Lessons in Maori, by Bishop William Williams (1930)

    Anagrams

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.