whare

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori whare (“house, hut”). === Pronunciation === (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfʌre/, /ˈfʌri/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːɹeɪ/, /ˈʍɑːɹeɪ/, /ˈwɑːɹeɪ/ Hyphenation: wha‧re === Noun === whare (plural whare or whares) (New Zealand) A Maori house or other building. [from 19th c.] (now historical) A rough shack or hut built (by Europeans) using traditional Maori techniques; a workman's shack. [from 19th c.] ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fale (compare with Tahitian fare, Hawaiian hale, Samoan fale, Tongan fale), from Proto-Central-Eastern Oceanic *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale (compare with Fijian vale), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay (compare with Javanese balé “pavillion, hall”, Malay balai “hall”, Ilocano balay, Tagalog bahay “house”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸare/ [ˈfɐɾɛ] === Noun === whare house any building people in a house suit (cards) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: whare === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “whare”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 575 John C. Moorfield (2011), “whare”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN