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Maori

Ma′o-ri

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Noun.
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pl.
Maoris
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(Ethnol.)
One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand.
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.

Definition 2024


Maori

Maori

See also: maori, māori, and Māori

English

Alternative forms

  • Māori (preferred usage in Māori text)
  • Mäori, Maaori (alternative usage in Māori text when macrons are not available)

Adjective

Maori

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

Maori

  1. The indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  2. The language of these people.

Translations

Noun

Maori (plural Maori or Maoris)

  1. A member of this people.

Usage notes

The plural form "Maoris" is sometimes used for members of the people, but "Maori" is preferred, as the term is invariant in Māori.

Translations

Derived terms

See also

  • te reo
  • Index of Maori words
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Maori terms
eTexts at the NZ Electronic Text Centre

Anagrams

maori

maori

See also: māori, Maori, and Māori

Catalan

Adjective

maori m, f (masculine and feminine plural maoris)

  1. Maori

Noun

maori m, f (plural maoris)

  1. Maori person

Proper noun

maori m

  1. Maori language

Finnish

Noun

maori

  1. A Maori (member of the indigenous people of New Zealand).
  2. The Maori language.

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
instructive maorein
abessive maoritta maoreitta
comitative maoreineen

Synonyms

Anagrams


French

Adjective

maori m (feminine singular maorie, masculine plural maoris, feminine plural maories)

  1. Maori (of or relating to the Maori people or language)

Noun

maori m (plural maori, feminine maorie)

  1. a person of Maori descent
  2. (uncountable) the Maori language

Italian

Adjective

maori (invariable)

  1. Maori

Noun

maori m, f (invariable)

  1. Maori

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maori m (definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maorier, definite plural maoriene)

  1. a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
  2. (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

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maori m (definite singular maorien, indefinite plural maoriar, definite plural maoriane)

  1. a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)
  2. (uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)

Related terms

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From Maori Māori (Maori), from māori (normal).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ˈo.ɾi/

Adjective

maori (plural maoris, comparable)

  1. Maori (of, from, or pertaining to the Maori)
  2. Maori (of the Maori language)

Noun

maori m f (plural maoris)

  1. Maori (native of New Zealand)
  2. (uncountable) Maori (language)