pōwhiri

Maori

Etymology

From pō- + whiri (“to twist, to wave”), related to tāwhiri (“to wave, to fan”)[1]

Verb

pōwhiri

  1. to invite
  2. to beckon, to welcome

Noun

pōwhiri

  1. welcoming, a welcome
  2. invitation

Descendants
  • → English: powhiri

References
  1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 361

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