different between maori vs iwi

Catalan

Adjective

maori (masculine and feminine plural maoris)

1. Maori

Noun

maori m or f (plural maoris)

1. Maori person

maori m (uncountable)

1. Maori language

Finnish

Noun

maori

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (language) maorin kieli

Anagrams

• Raimo, aromi, omari, roima

French

Adjective

maori (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

Further reading

• “maori” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

maori (invariable)

1. Maori

Noun

maori m or f (invariable)

1. Maori

Anagrams

• amori
• aromi
• Mario
• moria
• omari
• ormai
• riamo, riamò

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

• maorisk (adjective)

References

• “maori” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• maorisk (adjective)

References

• “maori” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Maori M?ori (“Maori”), from m?ori (“normal”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.?o.?i/

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)

Romanian

Etymology

From French Maori

Noun

maori m (plural maori)

1. Maori

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *du?i (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?wi/

Noun

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori tribe.
   • 1996, Diane Bell, Renate Klein, Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed (page 505)

     Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

Anagrams

• Wii

Abinomn

Noun

iwi

1. little brother

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *su?i/ru?i (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *du?i (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. bone

Maia

Noun

iwi

1. number

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *su?i/ru?i (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *du?i (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race (often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory)
2. strength, bone

Derived terms