hapū
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In Māori and New Zealand English, a '''' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally operated independently of its iwi (tribe).
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Vinony's link graph records 919 inbound references to hapū, and connects out to Mana, Wellington and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including Iwi and hapū, Māori society and Māori words and phrases.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Etymology
- Definition
- History
- References
In Māori and New Zealand English, a '''' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally operated independently of its iwi (tribe).
== Etymology ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hapū” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.