kūoro
1. (noun) syllable.
Ko te kūoro te whakahuanga o tētahi oro takitahi. I te reo Māori, ka whai oropuare, oropuare pūrua rānei ngā kūoro katoa. Ko ētahi ka whai orokati hoki i te tīmatanga o te kūoro, engari kore rawa i te mutunga (ReoM 2017). / A syllable is the pronunciation of a single sound. In Māori, all syllables have a vowel or vowel diphthong. Some are accompanied by a consonant at the beginning, but never at the end (ReoM 2017).