te reo Maorin.
/tɛ ˈreɪəʊ ˌmaʊri/, U.S. /ˌtɛ ˈreɪoʊ ˌmaʊri/, New Zealand English /te ˈreo ˌmʌːori/, /te ˈreʌu ˌmæuri/ New Zealand.
= te reo n.
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Maori1828
Rarotongan1835
Samoan1846
Mota1865
Niue1885
Tongan1897
Niuean1899
Marquesan1919
Palauan1953
Pascuense1953
te reo1958
Cook Islands Maori1963
te reo Maori1987
1878 J. Buller Forty Years NZ 174 It is easy to make a serious mistake in the New Zealand tongue, or reo Maori.]
1987 A. D. Trlin & P. Spoonley in J. A. Sigler Internat. Handbk. on Race & Race Relations 207 The most impressive development has been the establishment of kohanga reo (language nests), or preschool centers that encourage..te reo Maori.
1998 K. Cushner Internat. Perspectives on Intercultural Educ. iii. 58 There remains, however, a serious constraint on the provision of Maori medium education, and that is the availability of teachers fluent in te reo Maori.
2005 Onfilm (N.Z.) (Nexis) Oct. 12 The Te Tohu Rangatira (Supreme Award) and the Te Tohu Pouaka Whakaata (Television Award) were given to the network in recognition of its commitment to broadcast in te reo Maori on 3 News each night during Maori Language Week.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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