English Explanatory Dictionary

Moriori

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the indigenous Polynesian people of the Chatham Islands.
name
  1. The language of these people.
adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Moriori.

Word forms

Moriori Morioris

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Polynesian *ma(a)qoli (“true, genuine, real, native”). Compare Maori.

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