whare

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori whare (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːɹeɪ/

Noun

whare (plural whares)

1. 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.

See also

• whare wānanga

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central-Eastern Oceanic *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸa.re/, [fɐ.ɾɛ]

Noun

whare

1. house
2. building

   Kua tūtakina te whare none i Tūranga nei, kua hokona te whare me te whenua, ko ngā none kua hoki anō ki te kākahu o te ao.

   The nunnery here in Gisborne has closed and the land and building have been sold, the nuns have returned to worldly garments

3. people in a house

   E te whare nei, titiro tāua ki te tangata nei.

   People of this house, let us look at this man.

4. suit (cards)

Derived terms

• whare herehere (“prison”)
• whare karakia (“church”)
• whare noho (“hostel”)
• whare none (“nunnery”)
• whare pūrākau (“traditional Maori school”)
• whare tūpāpaku (“morgue”)
• whare maita (“bowling pavilion”)
• whare ongeonge (“gymnasium”)
• wharepaku (“toilet”)
• Whare Pāremata (“Parliament”)
• whare pikitia (“cinema”)
• whare pora (“weaving house”)
• whare pōtae (“mourning house”)
• whare pukapuka (“library”)
• whare rīhi (“rented accommodation”)
• whare rūnanga (“meeting house”)
• whare tamariki (“womb”)
• whare hākinakina (“stadium”)
• tahu tūpāpaku (“crematorium”)

Descendants

• → English: whare