English Explanatory Dictionary

wharenui

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.

Word forms

wharenui wharenuis

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori wharenui (literally “big house”).

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