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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAWAIKI

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAWAIKI

Hawaiki  [ˈhɑːwaɪkiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAWAIKI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hawaiki is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAWAIKI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hawaiki

In Māori mythology, Hawaiki is the original home of the Māori, before they travelled across the sea to New Zealand. It also features as the underworld in many Māori stories.

Definition of Hawaiki in the English dictionary

The definition of Hawaiki in the dictionary is a legendary Pacific island from which the Māoris migrated to New Zealand by canoe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAWAIKI


ake
ˈɑːkiː
apres-ski
ˌæpreɪˈskiː
ASCII
ˈæskiː
boykie
ˈbɔɪkiː
Cherokee
ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː
croquis
krɒˈkiː
jet-ski
dʒet skiː
key
kiː
marquee
mɑːˈkiː
Milwaukee
mɪlˈwɔːkiː
Nike
ˈnaɪkiː
patiki
pɑːteɪkiː
potjie
ˈpɔɪkiː
quay
kiː
sickee
ˈsɪkiː
ski
skiː
Tajiki
tɑːˈdʒɪkiː
Torquay
ˌtɔːˈkiː
turnkey
ˈtɜːnˌkiː
Waikiki
ˈwaɪkɪˌkiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAWAIKI

Hawaii
Hawaiian
Hawaiian guitar
Hawaiian shirt
Hawaiian Standard Time
hawala
hawbuck
Hawes Water
hawfinch
Hawick
hawk
hawk moth
hawk owl
Hawk-Eye

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAWAIKI

al-Maliki
ariki
Berezniki
Bolsheviki
briki
daishiki
dashiki
heitiki
horiatiki
kabiki
kakariki
piki
rauriki
reiki
tiki
tzatziki
wiki

Synonyms and antonyms of Hawaiki in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hawaiki» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAWAIKI

Find out the translation of Hawaiki to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hawaiki from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hawaiki» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哈瓦基
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hawaiki
570 millions of speakers

English

Hawaiki
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hawaiki
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هاوايكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Hawaiki
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hawaiki
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Hawaiki
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hawaiki
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hawaiki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hawaiki
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハワイキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Hawaiki
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hawaiki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hawaiki
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Hawaiki
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवाकि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hawaiki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hawaiki
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hawaiki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Hawaiki
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hawaiki
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Hawaiki
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hawaiki
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hawaiki
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hawaiki
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hawaiki

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAWAIKI»

The term «Hawaiki» is regularly used and occupies the 92.219 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAWAIKI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Hawaiki» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Hawaiki» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hawaiki

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAWAIKI»

Discover the use of Hawaiki in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hawaiki and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical ...
An anthropological approach to long-term history through detailed reconstruction of the Ancestral Polynesian culture, Hawaiki.
Patrick Vinton Kirch, Roger C. Green, 2001
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Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori: With a Sketch of ...
An influential though now superseded 1898 book, reissued in its 1910 edition, presenting ethnological research on Maori and Polynesian origins.
S. Percy Smith, 2011
3
Vanished Islands And Hidden Continents Of The Pacific
Yet many stories about Hawaiki refer to it as sunken or submerged today and describe the people who left it as refugees. One story, echoing those about Atlantis, refers to Hawaiki as “a veritable Paradise before its destruction by a huge ...
Patrick D. Nunn, 2009
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History of Māori of Nelson and Marlborough
The Greai Migraiion Period Some historians and anthropologists, especially S Percy Smith, have postulated that a fleet of canoes (usually seven in number) migrated from Hawaiki to Aotearoa, over a short time span around AD 1300 and that ...
Hilary Mitchell, Maui John Mitchell, 2004
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Penina Uliuli: Contemporary Challenges in Mental Health for ...
I haere mai ahau, i hawaiki-nui, i hawaiki-roa, i hawaiki-pamamao. I came from the great Hawaiki, from the long Hawaiki, from the far distant Hawaiki. (Sutton, 2001, p. 140) Hawaiki is the name often used by Māori to identify their ancestral ...
Philip Culbertson, Margaret Nelson Agee, Cabrini 'Ofa Makasiale, 2007
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Landmarks, Bridges and Visions: Aspects of Maori Culture : ...
The speaker mentions those already departed, and may talk about the journey of the deceased to Te Reinga, at the northern tip of the country, and the ocean journey to Hawaiki-nui (Big Hawaiki), Hawaiki-roa (Long Hawaiki) and Hawaiki ...
Sidney M. Mead, 1997
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Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology
According to Maori tradition, their ancestors set sail from Hawaiki* in great oceangoing outrigger canoes to find new lands in which to settle. Kupe* was the first great chief from Hawaiki to discover New Zealand (c. A. D. 950?). Supposedly, he ...
Robert D. Craig, 1989
8
Hawaiki: The Whence of the Maori
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Stephenson Percy Smith, 2011
9
Te Ika a Maui: or, New Zealand and its inhabitants. ...
Hawaii is still the name of the largest of the Sandwich Isles, it only wants the k, this the New Zealander called *Hawaiki tawiti nui, or the very distant Hawaiki ; thence they came to Hawaiki pata, or nearer Hawaiki, literally the lesser isle, being ...
Richard Taylor, 1870
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Hawaiki Rising: Hōkūle'a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian ...
The true story of Hōkūle'a and the men and women who sailed in the wake of their ancestors to discover pride in their culture and themselves.
Sam Low, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAWAIKI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hawaiki is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hawaiki Cable gets more funds for NZ-US link | Telecom Asia
Pacific Fibre hit a wall a few years back, after which Hawaiki emerged as the newest protagonist. Looks like they just might get it done this time. «Telecom Asia, Jul 15»
2
$400m undersea cable to carry electronic data to North
Hawaiki Cable -- backed by its major New Zealand investor Sinclair Investments Group (SIL) -- confirmed yesterday it would forge ahead with ... «Northern Advocate, Jul 15»
3
Northland confirmed as site for $400m submarine cable landing
In 2013 Hawaiki Group said Pacific nations located next to the fibre-optic cable including American Samoa, would be able to connect to it. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
Hawaiki gains partner in Pacific cable bid with more investment …
Hawaiki Cable has gained an equity partner to support its plans for a new trans-Pacific cable linking Australia, New Zealand and the US. «ZDNet, Jul 15»
5
Okareka Dance's K'Rd Strip set for Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Mete says it's based on the legend of man who lived with his brothers in Hawaiki. Because he was club-footed, he was deemed unfit to fight ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Southland's art hotspots revealed
Whiting also helped develop Te Hono ki Hawaiki meeting house at Te Papa in Wellington. Lady Octopus Andesite Stone by Johnny Penisula at ... «Southland Times, Jul 15»
7
Reclaiming an artform
... three panels represent the “binding” of cultures and were inspired by — and named after — maunga on the legendary homeland of Hawaiki. «Gisborne Herald, Jul 15»
8
New Zealand hits fibre milestones, but there's trouble in the …
Mega gears up for another public listing attempt · Hawaiki gains partner in Pacific cable bid · ​Greentree 4 delivers HTML5 for a 'fragmented ... «ZDNet, Jun 15»
9
Dimension Data preferred for shared ICT in NZ capital
Mega gears up for another public listing attempt · Hawaiki gains partner in Pacific cable bid · ​Greentree 4 delivers HTML5 for a 'fragmented ... «ZDNet, Jun 15»
10
Hawaiki Cable selects Natixis as advisor for cable project financing
Hawaiki Submarine Cable, the New Zealand owner and developer of Hawaiki submarine cable system, has appointed French bank Natixis ... «TXF: Trade and Export Finance news, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hawaiki [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hawaiki>. Apr 2024 ».
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