whānau

== English == === Noun === whānau (usually uncountable, plural whānau or whānaus) (New Zealand) Alternative spelling of whanau. == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fanau (“to give birth”), from Proto-Oceanic *pañaʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pañaʀu. Cognates include Hawaiian hānau and Tokelauan fānau. Regarding the sense of “kinship”, compare Malay beranak / peranak (“to give birth”) with peranakan (“womb; people of mixed descent”) within the same language family. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸaːnau/ [ˈfɑːnɐʉ] === Verb === whānau (passive whānaua) to give birth (intransitive) to be born === Noun === whānau an extended family; a group of family members ==== Derived terms ==== whanaunga (“relative”) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: whanau === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “whānau”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 572 John C. Moorfield (2011), “whānau”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN