different between maori vs wahine

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 and Hawaiian wahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w???hi?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /w??hine?/, /w??hini/
• Rhymes: -i?ni, -i?ne?

Noun

wahine (plural wahines)

1. A Polynesian or Maori woman.
   • 2005, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959–1969, McFarland & Company, page 224,

     One Way Wahine was the next beach movie, after Ride the Wild Surf, to be filmed on the sands of Hawaii. It was marketed to the teenage audience as a beach movie but it is a more serious look at the seamy side of Hawaii and the surf bums and one way wahines who go there to make a quick buck.

   • 2007, Michael A. Herr, The Old Queen's Treasure, Lulu.com, page 106,

     The photographs showed a very plain-looking, very young wahine.

   • 2007, Kay L. McDonald, Heart in Custody, iUniverse, page 40,

     Cowboy applauded his pupils and turned to the audience. “Give these two wahines a round, folks. They've been good sports.”

2. (surfing) A female surfer.

Anagrams

• Anhwei

Bunama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?ine/

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

wahine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Duau

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

wahine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?hi.ne/, [???hine]

Noun

wahine (irregular plural w?hine)

1. woman, female
2. (by extension) wife

Descendants

• ? English: wahine (with Maori wahine)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

wahine (irregular plural w?hine)

1. woman

Descendants

• ? English: wahine (with Hawaiian wahine)