Māori
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Proper noun edit
Māori
- Alternative form of Maori
Noun edit
Māori (plural Māoris or Māori)
- Alternative form of Maori
Adjective edit
Māori
- Alternative form of Maori
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Etymology edit
From māori (“normal”). This usage arose after contact with Westerners and the resulting need to specify different ethnic groups.
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Māori
- Maori, Māori
- 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.)
- a member of the Māori culture or ethnicity, a Māori person
- Antonym: pākehā
- the Māori culture or ethnicity
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Māori
- of or pertaining to the Māori
Proper noun edit
Māori
- a Māori person