Māori · 12 October 2026 · Modifiers and Descriptive Adjectives
whare nui
large house
phrase
A noun phrase combining 'whare' (house) with the modifier 'nui' (large, big). It describes any large house. The meeting house on a marae is written as one word, wharenui.
In a sentence
E noho ana te whānau nui i tētahi whare nui.
The big family lives in a large house.
