The story
- Māori · borrowed frompākehā“stranger”
- English todayPakeha
Borrowed from Māori pākehā (“stranger”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 19th c. A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pakeha
Today it means: A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander. Full definition →
Māori pākehā