whare

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori whare (“house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːɹeɪ/

Noun

whare (plural whares)

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

whare wānanga

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/,

Noun

whare

house
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
people in a house
E te whare nei, titiro tāua ki te tangata nei.
People of this house, let us look at this man.
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

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