whare

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori whare (house).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːɹeɪ/

Noun

whare (plural whares)

  1. A Maori hut.
    • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store:
      We were on the brow of the hill, and below us there was a whare roofed in with corrugated iron.

See also

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central-Eastern Oceanic *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸa.re/, [fɐ.ɾɛ]

Noun

whare

  1. house
  2. building
    Kua tūtakina te whare none i Tūranga nei, kua hokona te whare me te whenua, ko ngā none kua hoki anō ki te kākahu o te ao.
    The nunnery here in Gisborne has closed and the land and building have been sold, the nuns have returned to worldly garments
  3. people in a house
    E te whare nei, titiro tāua ki te tangata nei.
    People of this house, let us look at this man.
  4. suit (cards)

Derived terms

  • whare herehere (prison)
  • whare karakia (church)
  • whare noho (hostel)
  • whare none (nunnery)
  • whare pūrākau (traditional Maori school)
  • whare tūpāpaku (morgue)
  • whare maita (bowling pavilion)
  • whare ongeonge (gymnasium)
  • wharepaku (toilet)
  • Whare Pāremata (Parliament)
  • whare pikitia (cinema)
  • whare pora (weaving house)
  • whare pōtae (mourning house)
  • whare pukapuka (library)
  • whare rīhi (rented accommodation)
  • whare rūnanga (meeting house)
  • whare tamariki (womb)
  • whare hākinakina (stadium)
  • tahu tūpāpaku (crematorium)

Descendants

  • English: whare
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