maori
part of speech
noun (a Māori, Māori); adjective (Māori); the language (Māori, te reo Māori)
meaning for a pupil
1) Māori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa), who were living there long before Europeans arrived. tree →
2) Māori (te reo Māori) is also their language. tree →
3) As an adjective, Māori describes things belonging to this people and culture, like Māori songs and art. tree →
sense in the lessons
In New Zealand schools, children learn te reo Māori words and greetings (kia ora = hello, whānau = family, kai = food), songs (waiata), the haka, and Māori stories and history, such as the Treaty of Waitangi. The All Blacks rugby team performs a haka. Māori tradition says their ancestors came in great voyaging canoes (waka) from Polynesia. Phrases: «te reo Māori», «Māori culture», «a Māori legend», «kia ora».
examples
- Māori are the first people of New Zealand. tree →
- «Kia ora» is a Māori greeting. tree →
- We learned a Māori song at school. tree →
- The rugby team performed a haka before the game. tree →
- Many places in New Zealand have Māori names. tree →
- Te reo Māori is one of New Zealand's official languages. tree →
- My friend told us a Māori legend about the god Māui. tree →
- The Māori carving was made from wood. tree →
note
Written with a capital M and, properly, with a long mark over the a: «Māori». The plural is usually also «Māori», not «Māoris». Pronounced roughly «MAH-oh-ree» (or «MOW-ree»). Aotearoa is the Māori name for New Zealand.
In the corpora
- "Kia ora" is a Maori greeting used in New Zealand that means hello and good health.
- The hongi is a traditional Maori greeting in New Zealand, done when you are invited.
- The hongi is a traditional Maori greeting in New Zealand: people press noses and foreheads to share breath, done when invited.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «maori» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.