Etymology

wairua

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Today it means: A spirit associated with a person or thing, according to Māori beliefs. Full definition →

Māori wairua
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromwairua
  2. English todaywairua

Borrowed from Māori wairua.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.