What does "iwi" mean?

An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.)

Iwi

/ˈiːwi/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
An extended group of Maori kin groups or families, sharing common ancestry; a tribe. (An iwi is smaller than a waka and larger than a hapu.) New-Zealand
"Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful."

"Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful."

Borrowed from Māori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay.