te reo
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Maori te reo (“Māori”, literally “the language”).
Proper noun
[edit]te reo
- (New Zealand) The Māori language.
- Currently, many Kiwis are learning te reo.
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of te reo Māori; equivalent to te (definite article) reo (“language, speech”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- The Māori language.
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters[1], page 208:
- In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see te, reo.
Descendants
[edit]- → English: te reo
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