Māori

Māori

1. Alternative form of Maori.

Māori (plural Māoris or Māori)

1. Alternative form of Maori.

Māori

1. Alternative form of Maori.

• Mario, Moira, Moria, Omari, morai, moria

From māori (“normal”). This usage arose after contact with Westerners and the resulting need to specify different ethnic groups.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːɔɾi]

Māori

1. Maori, Māori
   1. the Māori culture or ethnicity
      • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters (in English), 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. (Note: this quotation comes from a text that does not show macrons.)

   2. a member of the Māori culture or ethnicity, a Māori person

      Antonym: pākehā

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *ma(a)qoli (“true, genuine, real”).

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Māori

1. of or pertaining to the Māori

Māori

1. a Māori person