# Hawaiki

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The original home of the Māori, before they travelled across the sea to New Zealand. It also features as the underworld in many Māori stories.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Māori Hawaiki, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki, Doublet of Hawaii and Savai'i.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hawaiki