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Nov 13, 2024

This week’s theme
Words borrowed from Māori

This week’s words
aroha
tapu
korero
noa

I Can Kōrero Māori Everyday
By Abel Junior Tutagalevao

Photo: CulturalHubb

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

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 loves the labour of his 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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