Maori

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Alternative spellings 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 See also 1.6 External links

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaʊri/, /"maUri/

Etymology

• From Maori language meaning aborigine, fresh, native, normal, ordinary, or plain.

Alternative spellings

• Māori: Prefered usage in Māori text. Macrons recommended by Māori Language Commission to indicate long vowel sounds in Māori words. Macrons also used in New Zealand English texts with Māori related content.
• Mäori: Alternative usage in Māori text where macrons not available.
• Maaori: Alternative usage in Māori text with limited character sets.

Adjective

Maori

1. 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 )

1. Language of the Maori.
2. 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

• te reo
• Index of maori words

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.