Maori
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English
Pronunciation
- /ˈmaʊri/, /"maUri/
Etymology
- From Maori language meaning aborigine, fresh, native, normal, ordinary, or plain.
Alternative spellings
- māori: Prefered usage in maori text. Macrons recommended by Maori Language Commission to indicate long vowel sounds in maori words. Macrons also used in New Zealand English texts with maori related content.
- mäori: Alternative usage in maori text where macrons not available.
- maaori: Alternative usage in maori text with limited character sets.
Adjective
Maori
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.
Translations
- Bulgarian: маорски m, маорска f, маорско n, маорски pl
- Chinese: 毛利的
- Dutch: Maori
- Finnish: maorilainen
- French: maori m, maorie f
- Maori: Māori
- Persian: مائوري (Mā'ori)
- Portuguese: maori
Noun
Maori (Maoris)
- Language of the Maori.
- Member of a people of New Zealand.
Translations
- Bulgarian: маори pl (2)
- Chinese: 毛利语(1), 毛利人(2)
- Dutch: Maori n (1), m/f (2)
- Finnish: maori (1,2)
- French: maori m (1), Maori m (2), Maorie f (2)
- Maori: Māori
- Persian: مائوري (Mā'ori)
- Portuguese: maori (1,2)
- Russian: маори (máori) m/f (2)
See also
External links
- English-Māori Word Translator(ngā aho whakamāori-ā-tuhi) from Knowledge Engineering Laboratory of University of Otago.
- Maori - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
