Maorifyv.
/ˈmaʊrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊrᵻˌfaɪ/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌːorifɑe/, /ˈmæurəfɑe/ Chiefly New Zealand.
transitive. To render (a word, custom, idea, etc.) Maori in form or character.
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1868 R. Taylor Past & Present of N.Z. 134 Rauna katoa is a half-caste word, the English word round being here Maorified.
1878 J. Buller Forty Years N.Z. 295 They took the name of Pikopo. This no doubt was maorified from the Latin word episcopos.
1922 J. Cowan N.Z. Wars (1955) II. 4 He had taken a Scriptural name, Zerubbabel (maorified into Horopapera).
1988 Dominion (Wellington) 24 Dec. 8 I am a white New Zealander, not a Pakeha..and I am bewildered and angered by incessant demands and efforts to Maorify everything.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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