Hawaiki

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki, Doublet of Hawaii and Savai'i. === Proper noun === Hawaiki (mythology) The original home of the Māori, before they travelled across the sea to New Zealand. It also features as the underworld in many Māori stories. == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haˈwaiki/ [hɐˈwɐiki] === Proper noun === Hawaiki (mythology) Hawaiki, the legendary homeland of the Maori before their arrival at Aotearoa (New Zealand), and also the underworld. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Hawaiki