Whare
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfʌre/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whare is a noun meaning A Maori house or other building.
Meaning
A Maori house or other building.
More Meanings
- (now historical) A rough shack or hut built (by Europeans) using traditional Maori techniques; a workman's shack.
Example Sentences
At the far end of the whare there's a wooden bed.
We were on the brow of the hill, and below us there was a whare roofed in with corrugated iron.
The dwellings of the chiefs are surrounded with enclosures of pole-fences; and the Whares and Wharepunis, some of them exhibiting very fine specimens of the Maori order of architecture, are ornamented with grotesque wood-carvings.
Many New Zealanders will know that a whare is a house. But in this context, the whare were being built for a summer hunting and gathering expedition. It was the 1880s, so timber houses also featured, but here the whānau were travelling to tribal lands and building makeshift whare to camp in.
Word Forms
- whares
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wharenui, wharekai, marae, paepae, outhut, shieling.
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