interwiktionary|code=mi
English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ma�ri/, SAMPA|/"maUri/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�ri|-a�ri

Etymology
From Maori language term maori, meaning "aborigine", "native", "normal", "ordinary", or "plain".

Alternative spellings
M�ori: Preferred usage in M�ori text. Macrons recommended by M�ori Language Commission to indicate long vowel sounds in M�ori words. Macrons also used in New Zealand English texts with M�ori-related content.
Mäori: Alternative usage in M�ori text where macrons not available.
Maaori: Alternative usage in M�ori text with limited character sets.

Adjective
Maori

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Maori.

Translations
Bulgarian: мао��ки m, мао��ка f, мао��ко n, мао��ки p
Chinese: ��� (Máolì de)
Dutch: Maori
Finnish: maori-
French: maori m, maorie f
Maori: M�ori
Persian: FAchar|�ائ�ر� (M�'ori)
Portuguese: maori

Noun
en-noun|Maori|-

1. Language of the Maori.
2. Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
3. Member of the people of New Zealand.

Translations
rfc-trans
Bulgarian: мао�и p (2)
Chinese: ��语 (máolì y�) (1), ��人 (máolì rén) (2)
Dutch: Maori n (1), m|f (2)
Finnish: maori (1,2)
French: maori m (1), Maori m (2), Maorie f (2)
Maori: M�ori
Persian: FAchar|�ائ�ر� (m��ori)
Portuguese: maori (1,2)
Russian: мао�и (máori) m|f (2)
Swedish: maori (1,2)

Derived terms
Maoriland

See also
te reo
Wiktionary:Maori_index|Index of Maori words

External links
Ngata Dictionary (new URL 2005 - it now has macrons, but it is initially unable to recognise them in a Maori-English search)
ngā aho whakamāori-ā-tuhi (English and Maori Word Translator) formerly from the Knowledge Engineering Laboratory of University of OtÄ�go, now based in Auckland
He Kupu Rorohiko - Computer-related terms, by Te Taka Keegan - over 350 Maori-English words and phrases, followed by English-Maori
Maori - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
ethnologue|code=mri
;eTexts at the NZ Electronic Text Centre
A Dictionary of the Maori Language, by Herbert Williams (1957).
Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, by Edward Tregear (1891).
First Lessons in Maori, by Bishop William Williams (1930)

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