mauri

See also: Mauri, maurí, and maùri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori mauri.

Pronunciation

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʉriː/

Noun

mauri (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand) Life force, according to Maori beliefs.
   • 2021 January 1, “Local hapū to watch over dangerous Omanawa Falls near Tauranga”, in Stuff NZ‎^[2]:

     We're just cuzzies from down at the marae down the road that are trying to be proactive and look after our whenua, look after our stories, and look after the mauri of our awa, our river.

Anagrams

• Urmia, uriam, Umari, Miura, -arium

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qudip, from *qudip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip.

Verb

mauri

1. to live

Catalan

Verb

mauri

1. inflection of maurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Estonian

Noun

mauri

1. genitive singular of maur
2. partitive singular of maur
3. illative singular of maur

Finnish

Etymology

From German Maure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑu̯ri/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑuri
• Syllabification^(key): mau‧ri

Noun

mauri

1. (historical) Moor (member of a North African ethnic group)

Declension

Inflection of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mauri	maurit
genitive		maurin	maurien
partitive		mauria	maureja
illative		mauriin	maureihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mauri	maurit
accusative	nom.	mauri	maurit
	gen.	maurin
genitive		maurin	maurien
partitive		mauria	maureja
inessive		maurissa	maureissa
elative		maurista	maureista
illative		mauriin	maureihin
adessive		maurilla	maureilla
ablative		maurilta	maureilta
allative		maurille	maureille
essive		maurina	maureina
translative		mauriksi	maureiksi
abessive		mauritta	maureitta
instructive		—	maurein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative maurini maurini accusative nom. maurini maurini gen. maurini genitive maurini maurieni partitive mauriani maurejani inessive maurissani maureissani elative mauristani maureistani illative mauriini maureihini adessive maurillani maureillani ablative mauriltani maureiltani allative maurilleni maureilleni essive maurinani maureinani translative maurikseni maureikseni abessive maurittani maureittani instructive — — comitative — maureineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative maurisi maurisi accusative nom. maurisi maurisi gen. maurisi genitive maurisi mauriesi partitive mauriasi maurejasi inessive maurissasi maureissasi elative mauristasi maureistasi illative mauriisi maureihisi adessive maurillasi maureillasi ablative mauriltasi maureiltasi allative maurillesi maureillesi essive maurinasi maureinasi translative mauriksesi maureiksesi abessive maurittasi maureittasi instructive — — comitative — maureinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative maurimme maurimme accusative nom. maurimme maurimme gen. maurimme genitive maurimme mauriemme partitive mauriamme maurejamme inessive maurissamme maureissamme elative mauristamme maureistamme illative mauriimme maureihimme adessive maurillamme maureillamme ablative mauriltamme maureiltamme allative maurillemme maureillemme essive maurinamme maureinamme translative mauriksemme maureiksemme abessive maurittamme maureittamme instructive — — comitative — maureinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative maurinne maurinne accusative nom. maurinne maurinne gen. maurinne genitive maurinne maurienne partitive maurianne maurejanne inessive maurissanne maureissanne elative mauristanne maureistanne illative mauriinne maureihinne adessive maurillanne maureillanne ablative mauriltanne maureiltanne allative maurillenne maureillenne essive maurinanne maureinanne translative mauriksenne maureiksenne abessive maurittanne maureittanne instructive — — comitative — maureinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative maurinsa maurinsa accusative nom. maurinsa maurinsa gen. maurinsa genitive maurinsa mauriensa partitive mauriaan mauriansa maurejaan maurejansa inessive maurissaan maurissansa maureissaan maureissansa elative mauristaan mauristansa maureistaan maureistansa illative mauriinsa maureihinsa adessive maurillaan maurillansa maureillaan maureillansa ablative mauriltaan mauriltansa maureiltaan maureiltansa allative maurilleen maurillensa maureilleen maureillensa essive maurinaan maurinansa maureinaan maureinansa translative maurikseen mauriksensa maureikseen maureiksensa abessive maurittaan maurittansa maureittaan maureittansa instructive — — comitative — maureineen maureinensa

Derived terms

• maurilainen

 

compounds

• maurinmalva

 

Further reading

• “mauri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• muria, rumia

Gilbertese

Interjection

mauri

1. hello

Latin

Adjective

maurī

1. inflection of maurus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

• mauri in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mauri”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mauri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

mauri m

1. nominative/vocative plural of maurs

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maquri (compare with Samoan mauli, Tongan moʻui) from Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip (compare Javanese urip, Iban idup and Malay hidup “to live”).

Noun

mauri

1. life
   1. life force or principle; metaphorical soul; source of life
      • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

        In 1979 a gathering of elder 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.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. heart, seat of emotions

   Synonyms: ate, manawa, ngākau

Related terms

• mouri

Descendants

• → English: mauri

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mauri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 229-30
• “mauri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mauʀi, variant of *mawiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)wiʀi, from *wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *wiʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauri/

Noun

mauri

1. left

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *wiRi