Etymology

rahui

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Today it means: In Māori and Polynesian culture, restriction of access to a place, as a form of taboo. Full definition →

Māori rāhui ← Tahitian rāhui
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The story

  1. Tahitian · borrowed fromrāhui
  2. Māori · borrowed fromrāhui
  3. English todayrahui

Borrowed from Māori rāhui or Tahitian rāhui.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.