patupaiarehe
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of a legendary fair-skinned fairy folk said to have inhabited Polynesia before the arrival of human beings.
Example Sentences
- "In Maori tradition the Patupaiarehe (also sometimes referred to as turehu or pakepakeha) were the first people of New Zealand – the first Tangata Whenua."
- "In Māori traditions, patupaiarehe are fairy-like people who live in the forest or on the misty mountain tops. Sometimes they are called tūrehu or pakepakehā."
- "Long ago, the summit of Ngongotahā, called Te Tūāhu a te Atua (The Altar of the God), was the home of a mysterious people called the Patupaiarehe."