英和和英

別の表記

• marai, morai

語源

Borrowed from Māori marae and Tahitian marae, from Proto-Oceanic *malaqe.

発音

• IPA: /məˈɹaɪ/
• 韻: -aɪ

名詞

marae (plural maraes)

1. (chiefly New Zealand) The courtyard of a Maori wharenui or meeting-house, seen as a cultural and spiritual focal point. [from 19th c.]
2. (by extension) The buildings and people around it; a spiritual or cultural centre.
3. (dated) A Polynesian sacred altar or enclosure. [from 18th c.]
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

     The path ended down by the sea at a crumbling ‘ingot’ of black coral, twenty yards in length & in height two men. ‘A marae, this is called,’ Mr Wagstaff informed me. ‘All over the South Seas you see ’em, I’m told.’

アナグラム

• Ramea, Meara, arame, maare, Amare