Te Reo Matatini

kirimūrau

archetype

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Ko te tauira i pūtakea mai ai te ariā kiritoka o tētahi mea.

The original pattern or example upon which a stereotypical notion of something is based.

Tauira KŌrero

Ko Tūmatauenga te kirimūrau o te riri.

Nāwai rā, ka riro ko Billy T James hei kirimūrau mō te momo pukuhohe o te iwi Māori.

He kuia kirimūrau, inā tana kaha ki te poipoi i tana whānau, ki te hāpai i ngā tikanga o tōna marae, ki te whakatairanga anō i tōna reo Māori.

Takenga Mai

kiri - person, self

mūrau - a person cited as a noteable example, byword

Tauira KŌrero

Ko Tūmatauenga te kirimūrau o te riri.

Nāwai rā, ka riro ko Billy T James hei kirimūrau mō te momo pukuhohe o te iwi Māori.

He kuia kirimūrau, inā tana kaha ki te poipoi i tana whānau, ki te hāpai i ngā tikanga o tōna marae, ki te whakatairanga anō i tōna reo Māori.