mauri

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See also: Mauri, maurí, and maùri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori mauri.

Pronunciation

Noun

mauri (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) life force, according to Maori beliefs

Anagrams

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qudip, from *qudip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip.

Verb

mauri

  1. to live

References

  1. ^ Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Catalan

Verb

mauri

  1. inflection of maurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Estonian

Noun

mauri

  1. genitive singular of maur
  2. partitive singular of maur
  3. illative singular of maur

Finnish

Etymology

From German Maure.

Pronunciation

Noun

mauri

  1. (historical) Moor (member of a North African ethnic group)

Declension

Inflection of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative mauri maurit
genitive maurin maurien
partitive mauria maureja
illative mauriin maureihin
singular plural
nominative mauri maurit
accusative nom. mauri maurit
gen. maurin
genitive maurin maurien
partitive mauria maureja
inessive maurissa maureissa
elative maurista maureista
illative mauriin maureihin
adessive maurilla maureilla
ablative maurilta maureilta
allative maurille maureille
essive maurina maureina
translative mauriksi maureiksi
abessive mauritta maureitta
instructive — maurein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maurini maurini
accusative nom. maurini maurini
gen. maurini
genitive maurini maurieni
partitive mauriani maurejani
inessive maurissani maureissani
elative mauristani maureistani
illative mauriini maureihini
adessive maurillani maureillani
ablative mauriltani maureiltani
allative maurilleni maureilleni
essive maurinani maureinani
translative maurikseni maureikseni
abessive maurittani maureittani
instructive — —
comitative — maureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maurisi maurisi
accusative nom. maurisi maurisi
gen. maurisi
genitive maurisi mauriesi
partitive mauriasi maurejasi
inessive maurissasi maureissasi
elative mauristasi maureistasi
illative mauriisi maureihisi
adessive maurillasi maureillasi
ablative mauriltasi maureiltasi
allative maurillesi maureillesi
essive maurinasi maureinasi
translative mauriksesi maureiksesi
abessive maurittasi maureittasi
instructive — —
comitative — maureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maurimme maurimme
accusative nom. maurimme maurimme
gen. maurimme
genitive maurimme mauriemme
partitive mauriamme maurejamme
inessive maurissamme maureissamme
elative mauristamme maureistamme
illative mauriimme maureihimme
adessive maurillamme maureillamme
ablative mauriltamme maureiltamme
allative maurillemme maureillemme
essive maurinamme maureinamme
translative mauriksemme maureiksemme
abessive maurittamme maureittamme
instructive — —
comitative — maureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maurinne maurinne
accusative nom. maurinne maurinne
gen. maurinne
genitive maurinne maurienne
partitive maurianne maurejanne
inessive maurissanne maureissanne
elative mauristanne maureistanne
illative mauriinne maureihinne
adessive maurillanne maureillanne
ablative mauriltanne maureiltanne
allative maurillenne maureillenne
essive maurinanne maureinanne
translative mauriksenne maureiksenne
abessive maurittanne maureittanne
instructive — —
comitative — maureinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative maurinsa maurinsa
accusative nom. maurinsa maurinsa
gen. maurinsa
genitive maurinsa mauriensa
partitive mauriaan
mauriansa 		maurejaan
maurejansa
inessive maurissaan
maurissansa 		maureissaan
maureissansa
elative mauristaan
mauristansa 		maureistaan
maureistansa
illative mauriinsa maureihinsa
adessive maurillaan
maurillansa 		maureillaan
maureillansa
ablative mauriltaan
mauriltansa 		maureiltaan
maureiltansa
allative maurilleen
maurillensa 		maureilleen
maureillensa
essive maurinaan
maurinansa 		maureinaan
maureinansa
translative maurikseen
mauriksensa 		maureikseen
maureiksensa
abessive maurittaan
maurittansa 		maureittaan
maureittansa
instructive — —
comitative — maureineen
maureinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Gilbertese

Interjection

mauri

  1. hello

Latin

Adjective

maurī

  1. inflection of maurus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

  • mauri in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “mauri”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “mauri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

mauri m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of maurs

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maquri, from Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from *qurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip (“life, alive”).

Noun

mauri

  1. life principle; metaphorical soul; source of life
    • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
      In 1979 a gathering of elder 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • → English: mauri

References

  • “mauri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mauʀi, variant of *mawiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)wiʀi, from *wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *wiʀi.

Pronunciation

Noun

mauri

  1. left

Further reading

Wikious
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