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