mihin.
/ˈmɪhi/, /ˈmiːhi/, U.S. /ˈmɪhi/, /ˈmihi/, New Zealand English /ˈmihi/, /ˈmɪhi/ New Zealand.
A Maori greeting or formal speech of welcome.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome > one who or that which welcomes
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1869 Daily Southern Cross 2 Feb. 3 The proceedings commenced on Wednesday last, which day was chiefly occupied with the welcoming and the mihi.
1945 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 54 106 [Speeches] consisted of greetings..(what the Maori calls a mihi), then welcomes to the visitors.
1969 B. Mason Awatea iii. 101 Now we just send him our mihi, our aroha, and our warmth. He will need them.
1974 N.Z. Listener 20 July 13/1 Then started the traditional speeches of welcome, the mihis, in beautiful Maori.
2000 G. Burford & J. Hudson Family Group Conferencing ii. 15 In addition to pepeha, speakers in Maori contexts usually precede their core narratives with a mihi. The mihi is a greeting to and acknowledgement of the listeners present.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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