Talk:List of English words of Māori origin

Maimai
What is the Maori word for a duck shooters hut? "Mai Mai" - I have seen it in NZ English, but perhaps is dropping out of usage. Sure there is more Maori works that this in general usage as well. GrantB 22:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Found it: "maimai" - one word. Googling for it in NZ sites, it appears to still be in use. GrantB 22:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not a Maori word. It's derived from the Aboriginal word mia-mia, which is pronounced maimai. Nurg (talk) 10:20, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Its what the duck shooters huts along Lake Karapiro are commonly called. 2014. 125.236.211.238 (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Taboo
The word taboo has Polynesian origin as well. I don't know if it comes specifically from Maori or from another Polynesian language, however. 209.162.56.40 20:25, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Other Pacific words
The influence of other Pacific (particularly Polynesian) words on New Zealand English, besides Maaori needs to be considered as part of this article. Particularly to do with grammatical variations of spoken English by Pacific immigrants and the new urban Pacific demographic (since the 90s) who are largely New Zealand born and are using hybrid forms of English Maori and other Pacific languages in their everyday informal conversations. Fiona Wall —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.149.191 (talk) 03:45, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Merge into this list
The Word list section of the Māori influence on New Zealand English article has a list that serves essentially the same function as this list. It would be good if they could be merged at some point, though I'm not sure if I'll have the time to do it anywhere in the near future. I'll tag the articles/sections for now. TimofKingsland (talk) 08:44, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - makes sense to have one list, rather than two.  Schwede 66  19:09, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

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Assessment comment
Substituted at 22:07, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Removed Kaiwhekea
I took Kaiwhekea off the list: it's the recently-coined genus name for a plesiosaur, so is actually Latinised Māori; it certainly isn't an English common name, or a traditional Māori name at all. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Contradiction
There is a basic flaw in this article. The title is: "List of English words of Māori origin" and the opening sentence says: "The following Māori words exist as loanwords in English" Well, what is it, a list of English words or Maori words? The key word to focus on is 'assimilation'. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 19:19, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I have made the opening sentence more clearly consistent with the article title. Nurg (talk) 07:54, 8 March 2024 (UTC)