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Nov 13, 2024
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Words borrowed from Māori

This week’s words
aroha
tapu
korero
noa
mana

korero
I Can Kōrero Māori Everyday
By Abel Junior Tutagalevao
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korero

PRONUNCIATION:
(KOR-uh-roh, kuh-REE-roh)

MEANING:
noun: A meeting, discussion, conversation, or storytelling session.
verb intr.: To speak, talk, or discuss.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Māori. Earliest documented use: 1834.

USAGE:
“The korero wound down and people sought out their sleeping mats.”
Vivian Stuart; The Road Builders; Skinnbok; 2023.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If a man love the labor of any trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (13 Nov 1850-1894)

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