mauri

British  

/ ˈmɑːuːriː /

noun

1. the life force or essence of the emotions

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Etymology

Origin of mauri

Māori

Example Sentences

Misri Jogi charmed a python with a type of clarinet called a mauri in Umerko.

From New York Times • May 19, 2013

After the mock battle the combatants united, and, being collectively called mauri or "ghosts," passed on to the third district.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

Most of the athletic young men of the entire island on the day following united in a series of sham-fights called ta i te mauri or "slaying the ghosts."

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

The district where the corpse lay represented the mauri or ghosts.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir