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whaikorero

whaikorero noun: formal speechmaking in the Māori culture.

Noun

whaikorero (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) formal speechmaking in the Māori culture

Origin of whaikorero

Borrowed from Māori whaikōrero.

Questions about whaikorero

What does whaikorero mean?
Whaikorero means formal speechmaking in the Māori culture.
What part of speech is whaikorero?
Whaikorero is a noun.

Words near whaikorero in the dictionary

  1. whaffor
  2. whagwaan
  3. whagwan
  4. whah
  5. whahoo
  6. whaikorero
  7. Whaingaroan
  8. whaitsiid
  9. whaitsiids
  10. whakapapa
  11. whakapapas

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