tangata whenua

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English

Etymology

From Maori tangata whenua (“people of the land”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tangata whenua pl (plural only)

  1. (New Zealand) Local or indigenous people; specifically, the Maori.
    • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 179:
      In the next two decades, however, the demographic, economic and political impact of the new colonists would transform the country in ways that the tangata whenua could never have foreseen.

Maori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ŋa.ta ɸe.nu.a/,

Noun

tangata whenua

  1. indigenous people
  2. hosts
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