How to pronounce Rawiri?

RAA-wih-ree
RAA - rhymes with non-rhotic 'bar', 'star'
wih - pronounced as 'wick' without 'ck'
ree - rhymes with 'see', 'pea'

First Name

Māori (New Zealand)

Rāwiri

David

Due to being a Māori word, the R's are traditionally pronounced as Alveolar flaps, and both I's are traditionally pronounced as a short 'ee'(rhymes with 'sea'). Traditionally spelled, the macron (horizontal line) over the A denotes a longer vowel.

Rawiri is pronounced as r ae - w ee - r ee

r	is pronounced as		r	in rat
ae	is pronounced as		a	in at
w	is pronounced as		w	in win
ee	is pronounced as		ee	in see

Rawiri is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ r ae - w ee - r ee ]

r	ae	-	w	ee	-	r	ee
rat	at		win	see		rat	see

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