iwi

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.) New-Zealand
    — Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

词形变化

iwis plural iwi plural

词源

Borrowed from Māori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay.
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