hiriwa

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Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English silver.

Noun[edit]

hiriwa

  1. silver

References[edit]

  • Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 93
  • Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 23: “*Hiriwa, s. Silver.”
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