Definition of wairua in English:

wairua

nounPlural wairuasˈwʌɪruːə

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.

单词	wairua
释义	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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