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whare
whare
English
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.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.
Noun
whare
Derived terms
- whare karakia (church)
- whare noho