whare
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Maori whare (“house”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
whare (plural whares)
- A Maori hut.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store:
- We were on the brow of the hill, and below us there was a whare roofed in with corrugated iron.
See also edit
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central-Eastern Oceanic *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
whare
- house
- building
- Kua tūtakina te whare none i Tūranga nei, kua hokona te whare me te whenua, ko ngā none kua hoki anō ki te kākahu o te ao.
- The nunnery here in Gisborne has closed and the land and building have been sold, the nuns have returned to worldly garments
- people in a house
- E te whare nei, titiro tāua ki te tangata nei.
- People of this house, let us look at this man.
- suit (cards)
Derived terms edit
- whare herehere (“prison”)
- whare karakia (“church”)
- whare noho (“hostel”)
- whare none (“nunnery”)
- whare pūrākau (“traditional Maori school”)
- whare tūpāpaku (“morgue”)
- whare maita (“bowling pavilion”)
- whare ongeonge (“gymnasium”)
- wharepaku (“toilet”)
- Whare Pāremata (“Parliament”)
- whare pikitia (“cinema”)
- whare pora (“weaving house”)
- whare pōtae (“mourning house”)
- whare pukapuka (“library”)
- whare rīhi (“rented accommodation”)
- whare rūnanga (“meeting house”)
- whare tamariki (“womb”)
- whare hākinakina (“stadium”)
- tahu tūpāpaku (“crematorium”)
Descendants edit
- → English: whare