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Aborigine vs Maori - What's the difference?

aborigine | maori |

As nouns the difference between aborigine and maori

is that aborigine is an individual aboriginal Australian while Maori is a member of this people.

As an adjective Maori is

of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

As a proper noun Maori is

the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.

aborigine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An individual aboriginal Australian.

    • 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)

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