whutupōro

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English (rugby) football.

Noun

whutupōro

  1. rugby
    I tae mai te tono a ngā tāngata o Karioi ki ngā tāngata o Moawhango kia haere atu ki reira ki te pūrei whutupōro.
    A request arrived from the people of Karioi to the people of Moawhango to go there to play rugby.

Further reading

  • “whutupōro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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