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haeremai N.Z.|ˈhaerəmai, anglicized ˈhaɪərɪmaɪ|
Also haere mai, haire mai, horomai.
[Maori, lit. = come hither.]
A Maori term of welcome.
1769J. Banks Jrnl. 12 Nov. (1962) I. 432 As soon as they [sc. the Maoris] came near enough they wav'd and calld horomai and set down in the bushes near the beach (a sure mark of their good intentions). 1832H. Williams Jrnl. in H. Carleton Life (1874) I. 112 They were very glad to see us, and gave us the usual welcome, ‘haere mai!! haere mai!!’ 1845E. J. Wakefield Adv. N.Z. I. 249 No shouts of haeremai, so universal a welcome to the stranger, were to be heard. 1883F. S. Renwick Betrayed 34 (Morris), Haire mai ho! 'tis the welcome song Rings far on the summer air. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 9 As the visitors splashed across the ford, that time-honoured cry of welcome broke from every throat. ‘Haere mai!’ 1943N. Marsh Colour Scheme iii. 55 The Maori people..would like me to greet him with a cordial haeremai. |