# mauri
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori mauri.

### Pronunciation

* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmaʉriː/

### Noun

mauri (uncountable)
* (New Zealand) Life force, according to Maori beliefs.
** 2021 January 1, “Local hapū to watch over dangerous Omanawa Falls near Tauranga”, in Stuff NZ‎:We're just cuzzies from down at the marae down the road that are trying to be proactive and look after our whenua, look after our stories, and look after the mauri of our awa, our river.

### Anagrams

* Urmia, uriam, Umari, Miura, -arium

## 'Are'are
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ma-qudip, from *qudip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip, from Proto-Austronesian *qudip.

### Verb

mauri
* to live

### References

* ↑ Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Catalan
### Verb

mauri
* inflection of maurar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Estonian
### Noun

mauri
* genitive singular of maur
* partitive singular of maur
* illative singular of maur

## Finnish
### Etymology

From German Maure.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑu̯ri/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯ri]
* Rhymes: -ɑuri
* Hyphenation: mau‧ri

### Noun

mauri
* (historical) Moor (member of a North African ethnic group)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mauri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
maurini
maurini
accusative
nom.
maurini
maurini
gen.
maurini
genitive
maurini
maurieni
partitive
mauriani
maurejani
inessive
maurissani
maureissani
elative
mauristani
maureistani
illative
mauriini
maureihini
adessive
maurillani
maureillani
ablative
mauriltani
maureiltani
allative
maurilleni
maureilleni
essive
maurinani
maureinani
translative
maurikseni
maureikseni
abessive
maurittani
maureittani
instructive
comitative
—maureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
maurisi
maurisi
accusative
nom.
maurisi
maurisi
gen.
maurisi
genitive
maurisi
mauriesi
partitive
mauriasi
maurejasi
inessive
maurissasi
maureissasi
elative
mauristasi
maureistasi
illative
mauriisi
maureihisi
adessive
maurillasi
maureillasi
ablative
mauriltasi
maureiltasi
allative
maurillesi
maureillesi
essive
maurinasi
maureinasi
translative
mauriksesi
maureiksesi
abessive
maurittasi
maureittasi
instructive
comitative
—maureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
maurimme
maurimme
accusative
nom.
maurimme
maurimme
gen.
maurimme
genitive
maurimme
mauriemme
partitive
mauriamme
maurejamme
inessive
maurissamme
maureissamme
elative
mauristamme
maureistamme
illative
mauriimme
maureihimme
adessive
maurillamme
maureillamme
ablative
mauriltamme
maureiltamme
allative
maurillemme
maureillemme
essive
maurinamme
maureinamme
translative
mauriksemme
maureiksemme
abessive
maurittamme
maureittamme
instructive
comitative
—maureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
maurinne
maurinne
accusative
nom.
maurinne
maurinne
gen.
maurinne
genitive
maurinne
maurienne
partitive
maurianne
maurejanne
inessive
maurissanne
maureissanne
elative
mauristanne
maureistanne
illative
mauriinne
maureihinne
adessive
maurillanne
maureillanne
ablative
mauriltanne
maureiltanne
allative
maurillenne
maureillenne
essive
maurinanne
maureinanne
translative
mauriksenne
maureiksenne
abessive
maurittanne
maureittanne
instructive
comitative
—maureinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
maurinsa
maurinsa
accusative
nom.
maurinsa
maurinsa
gen.
maurinsa
genitive
maurinsa
mauriensa
partitive
mauriaan mauriansa
maurejaan maurejansa
inessive
maurissaan maurissansa
maureissaan maureissansa
elative
mauristaan mauristansa
maureistaan maureistansa
illative
mauriinsa
maureihinsa
adessive
maurillaan maurillansa
maureillaan maureillansa
ablative
mauriltaan mauriltansa
maureiltaan maureiltansa
allative
maurilleen maurillensa
maureilleen maureillensa
essive
maurinaan maurinansa
maureinaan maureinansa
translative
maurikseen mauriksensa
maureikseen maureiksensa
abessive
maurittaan maurittansa
maureittaan maureittansa
instructive
comitative
—maureineen maureinensa :

#### Derived terms

* maurilainen
* maurinmalva

### Further reading

* “mauri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* muria, rumia

## Gilbertese
### Interjection

mauri
* hello

## Latin
### Adjective

maurī
* inflection of maurus:
** nominative/vocative masculine plural
** genitive masculine/neuter singular

### References

* "mauri", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “mauri”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “mauri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Latvian
### Noun

mauri m
* nominative/vocative plural of maurs

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maquri (compare with Samoan mauli, Tongan moʻui) from Proto-Oceanic *maqurip, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudip (compare Javanese urip, Iban idup and Malay hidup “to live”).

### Noun

mauri
* life
** life force or principle; metaphorical soul; source of life
*** 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:In 1979 a gathering of elder at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* heart, seat of emotions
    Synonyms: ate, manawa, ngākau

#### Related terms

* mouri

#### Descendants

* → English: mauri

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 237
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maquri”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 201-2

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mauri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 229-30
* “mauri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mauʀi, variant of *mawiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)wiʀi, from *wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *wiʀi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mauri/

### Noun

mauri
* left

### Further reading

* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *wiRi