Maoritanga en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori Māoritanga.
Meanings
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(New-Zealand, uncountable) Māori culture, traditions, and way of life; Maoriness.
‘But I'm Maori. And that's the way I feel too, the way you said, that that the Maoritanga has got lost in the way I live.’
1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Māoritanga | alternative | lexicographic |