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te_reo

te reo

Maori

Noun

te reo

  1. the Māori language
    • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
      In 1979 a gathering of elders 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.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see te, reo.