English
Maoritanga
Maoritanga comes from Māori Māoritanga ‘Maoriness, Maoritanga’, and goes back to Māori.
- MāorimodernMāori
- Māori, derivedmodernMāoritanga‘Maoriness, Maoritanga’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Maoritanga
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- MāorimodernMāori
- Māori, derivedmodernMāoritanga‘Maoriness, Maoritanga’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Maoritanga
Earliest quotation: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People: “‘But I'm Maori. And that's the way I feel…”
Every English word from Māori Māori
Today it means
noun Māori culture, traditions, and way of life; Maoriness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Māori Māori / Maoritanga