iwi
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of iwi
Māori, literally: bone(s)
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Ngarewa-Packer is among one of the eight Taranaki iwi, on New Zealand's west coast, to whom the mountain is sacred.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Eventually, New Zealand’s government faced the country’s iwi, or tribes, over the colonial theft of their land.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 4, 2023
Three weeks after wildfires burned through Lahaina, the search for human bones — or iwi, as they are known in Hawaiian — has wrapped up, and officials are shifting to clearing toxic debris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The men claimed to have permission from the local Maori tribe, or iwi, to remove the fossil, and said they were doing so to protect it, Mr. Horncastle said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
"Ivi" or "iwi" is the regular word for "bone" in the various Polynesian languages.
From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward
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