iwiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈiːwi/
• 韻: -iːwi

名詞

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)

1. (New Zealand) An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.) [from 1840s]
   • 1996, Diane Bell, Renate Klein, Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed, page 505:

     Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 78:

     Ngati Porou and the related iwi Ngāti Kahungunu were major tribes down the East Coast of the North Island.

アナグラム

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