rātou

Māori

Etymology

Compare Hawaiian lākou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraːtou/ [ˈɾɑːtɔʉ]

Pronoun

rātou

  1. they, them (plural; three or more people)

See also

Māori personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person au, ahau māua (exclusive)
tāua (inclusive) 		mātou (exclusive)
tātou (inclusive)
2nd person koe kōrua koutou
3rd person ia rāua rātou

Further reading

  • “rātou” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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