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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

indigene Bevölkerung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: indigene be-völ-ke-rung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tangata whenua/ˈtæŋ.ɡə.tə ˈfɛn.wə/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die tangata whenua spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Landpflege."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The indigenous people of the land; the local Māori people belonging to a particular region or marae in New Zealand.

    "The tangata whenua officially welcomed the international delegates with a traditional pōwhiri."
  2. 2

    Local inhabitants or hosts of a place, acknowledged as having customary authority and responsibilities over a specific territory.

    "As tangata whenua, the local community took primary responsibility for environmental conservation in the valley."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Māori, the indigenous Eastern Polynesian language of New Zealand. The compound combines 'tangata' meaning people or human, and 'whenua' meaning land, reflecting the traditional cultural philosophy of deep kinship and stewardship between humans and the earth.

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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tangata whenua" is said worldwide

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🇫🇷French → English

peuple autochtone

Transliteration: peuple o-to-kton

"Les tangata whenua ont accueilli les visiteurs selon la tradition."

🇩🇪German → English

indigene Bevölkerung

Transliteration: indigene be-völ-ke-rung

"Die tangata whenua spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Landpflege."

🇮🇹Italian → English

popolazione indigena

Transliteration: popolazione indigena

"I tangata whenua custodiscono la storia ancestrale del territorio."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

pueblo indígena

Transliteration: pueblo indigena

"Los tangata whenua ejercen su autoridad tradicional sobre la tierra."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

povo indígena

Transliteration: povo indigena

"Os tangata whenua são os guardiões ancestrais desta região."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

मूल निवासी

Transliteration: mool nivasi

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"टंगाटा वेनुआ इस क्षेत्र के मूल निवासी हैं।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

本地土著居民

Transliteration: běndì tǔzhù jūmín

Script: 中文汉字

"作为当地的土著居民,他们承担着土地守护者的职责。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

원주민

Transliteration: won-ju-min

Script: 한국어 한글

"탕아타 웨누아는 그 지역의 전통적인 원주민을 의미합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

先住民族

Transliteration: senjūminzoku

Script: 日本語

"タンガタ・ウェヌアは、その土地の先住民族である人々のことです。"

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