maori
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
maori m or f (masculine and feminine plural maoris)
Noun
maori m or f by sense (plural maoris)
- Maori person
Noun
maori m (uncountable)
- Maori language
Danish
Etymology
From English Maori, from Maori māori.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈoːʁi]
Noun
maori c (singular definite maorien, plural indefinite maorier)
- A Maori (member of the indigenous people of New Zealand)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | maori | maorien | maorier | maorierne |
| genitive | maoris | maoriens | maoriers | maoriernes |
Noun
maori (uncountable)
- The Maori language.
Further reading
- “maori” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Etymology
From English Maori, from Maori māori.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑori/, [ˈmɑ̝o̞ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑori
- Syllabification(key): ma‧o‧ri
- Hyphenation(key): mao‧ri
Noun
maori
Declension
| Inflection of maori (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maori | maorit | |
| genitive | maorin | maorien | |
| partitive | maoria | maoreja | |
| illative | maoriin | maoreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maori | maorit | |
| accusative | nom. | maori | maorit |
| gen. | maorin | ||
| genitive | maorin | maorien | |
| partitive | maoria | maoreja | |
| inessive | maorissa | maoreissa | |
| elative | maorista | maoreista | |
| illative | maoriin | maoreihin | |
| adessive | maorilla | maoreilla | |
| ablative | maorilta | maoreilta | |
| allative | maorille | maoreille | |
| essive | maorina | maoreina | |
| translative | maoriksi | maoreiksi | |
| abessive | maoritta | maoreitta | |
| instructive | — | maorein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “maori”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ɔ.ʁi/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
maori (feminine maorie, masculine plural maoris, feminine plural maories)
- (relational) Maori (relating to the Maori people or language)
Noun
maori m (uncountable)
- the Maori language
Further reading
- “maori”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
maori (invariable)
Noun
maori m or f by sense (invariable)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
maori m (definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maorier, definite plural maoriene)
- a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
- (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)
Usage notes
Maori, not maorisk, is the correct Norwegian name for the Maori language, despite the article in Wikipedia.
Related terms
- maorisk (adjective)
References
- “maori” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
maori m (definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maoriar, definite plural maoriane)
- a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
- (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)
Related terms
- maorisk (adjective)
References
- “maori” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori Māori (“Maori”), from māori (“normal”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ˈo.ɾi/
Adjective
maori m or f (plural maoris)
Noun
maori m or f by sense (plural maoris)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
maori m (plural maori)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | maori | maoriul | maori | maorii | |
| genitive-dative | maori | maoriului | maori | maorilor | |
| vocative | maoriule | maorilor | |||
Swedish
Alternative forms
- maorier (for a member of the indigenous people)
Noun
maori c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | maori | maoris |
| definite | maorin | maorins | |
| plural | indefinite | maorier | maoriers |
| definite | maorierna | maoriernas |