wairua
/ˈwʌɪruːə/noun (plural wairuas or same) NZ
The spirit or the soul: participants who stopped smoking confirmed a positive effect on their wairua...
- In retrospect, they could see how smoking had clouded their wairua "like a fog".
- I may not have Maori blood in me, but the spirit —wairua—of New Zealand is in me.
- The survival of the wairua was never assured.
Origin
Early 19th century: Maori.
- transcutaneous
- transdermal
- transdermally
- transdifferentiate
- transdifferentiation
- transdisciplinarity
- transdisciplinary
- transduce
- transducer
- transduction
- transect
- transection
- transept
- transeptal
- transexual
- transf.
- trans fat
- trans-fatty acid
- transfect
- transfectant
- transfection
- transfer
- transferability
- transferable
- transferase