hiriwa

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English silver.

Noun

hiriwa

1. silver

References

• Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 93
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 23: “*Hiriwa, s. Silver.”