wharenui

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori wharenui (literally “big house”).

Noun

wharenui (plural wharenuis or wharenui)

  1. An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.

Māori

Etymology

From whare (“house”) +‎ nui (“big”).

Noun

wharenui

  1. wharenui
    • 2025 March 28, “Ponaturi”, in Te Rā, performed by Alien Weaponry:
      Ko ahau me ngā tāngata kotahi rau tekau mā whā / Mā runga te waka, te waka o Niwareka / Ka rere tātou ki te whare o ngā ponaturi / Ka whakangaro tātou ki te wharenui
      I and one-hundred fourty men / Aboard the ship, the ship of Niwareka / We shall sail to the home of the Ponaturi / We shall destroy the wharenui
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