Etymology

Hine-nui-te-po

Today it means: A goddess of night and death who rules the underworld in Māori mythology. Full definition →

Māori Hine-nui-te-pō
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromHine-nui-te-pō
  2. English todayHine-nui-te-po

Borrowed from Māori Hine-nui-te-pō (literally “great woman of night”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.