whare karakia

Maori

noun

Definitions

a religious building: a church, a synagogue, a mosque, a house of prayer

Etymology

Compound from Maori whare (house) + Maori karakia (prayer, incantation, church service).

Origin

Maori

karakia

Gloss

prayer, incantation, church service

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Cognates and derived terms

whare English
karakia Maori
whare Maori
wharenui Maori
*fale Proto-Polynesian