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单词 wairua
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Definition of wairua in English:

wairua

nounPlural wairuasˈwʌɪruːə
NZ
  • The spirit or the soul.

    participants who stopped smoking confirmed a positive effect on their wairua
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The survival of the wairua was never assured.
    • I felt myself reaching for the megaphone to release that energy and wairua.
    • It was an amazing place which was full of sadness, and you could feel the very wairua of those prisoners who had been there once.
    • She explained how wairua was about connection, not spirits.
    • He was accompanied and watched over by his wairua.
    • I believe that this can and will be done within the confines and wairua of our tupuna.
    • We're doing well, and we can do even better to enhance the multicultural wairua of the city by all stakeholders.
    • I may not have Maori blood in me, but the spirit —wairua—of New Zealand is in me.
    • In retrospect, they could see how smoking had clouded their wairua "like a fog".
    • Would he be consulted on his spiritual needs, on the wairua of this land transport programme?

Origin

Early 19th century: Maori.

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