Lexicographical Neighbors of Haeremai
Literary usage of Haeremai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"As I ascended the steep hill with my train, scarcely any greeting was addressed
to me, no shouts of haeremai, so universal a welcome to the stranger, ..."
2. The King Country, Or, Explorations in New Zealand: Or, Explorations in New by James Henry Kerry-. Nicholls (1884)
"haeremai!"1 And then turning to the natives, in an equally excited way, said,
... haeremai is the usual cry of welcome with the Maoris. i When afterwards we ..."
3. Toy Dogs and Their Ancestors, Including the History and Mangement of Toy by Wentworth (1911)
"Wee Radium, Sergeant Dick, Babel of haeremai, Ninon Nitouche, Ashton More
Shepherdess, and Lady Jean of Cockpen are worthy of special mention. ..."
4. The Islands of the Pacific: From the Old to the New by James McKinney Alexander (1895)
"A woman then came forward waving a red mat and exclaiming, "haeremai," "Come
hither" (Hawaiian, ..."
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