kupu pōriro
1. (noun) gain word, borrowed word, loanword, transliteration - a word adopted from another language.
Synonyms: kupu whakawhiti, kupu mino
kupu whakawhiti
1. (noun) loanword, borrowed word, transliteration, gain word.
He kupu whakawhiti te kupu 'mīere' nō te reo Wīwī. / The word mīere is a loanword from French.
Synonyms: kupu pōriro, kupu mino
kupu mino
1. (noun) loanword, borrowed word, transliteration, gainword, denizen.
Ko ngā kupu hāngai ki te ao hangarau e mahia ana ki Korea, e ahu mai ana te nuinga i te reo Hapanihi, ko ētahi mai i te reo Ingarihi. Me kī, ko ngā kupu mino ēnei, arā, ko ngā kupu he mea tiki i tētahi reo, ka whakamahia e reo kē (HM 3/1998:4). / The majority of the words used in Korea relevant to technology come from Japanese, and some are from English. These are loanwords, that is they are the words taken from another language and used in a different language.
Synonyms: kupu whakawhiti, kupu pōriro
