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- Māori · borrowed frommāori“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”
- English todayMaori
Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Full definition →
Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.