Māori influence on New Zealand English part English and part Māori, have developed, the most common of which is probably "half-pai" — often written "half-pie" — meaning incomplete or substandard quality, "pai" being the Māori word for "good". (The portmanteau form "half-pied" is also used, derived from "half-baked".) Similarly, the Māori word ending "-tanga", which has a similar meaning to the English ending "-ness", is occasionally used in hybrid terms such as "kiwitanga" (that is, the state of being a New Zealander). Several Māori words are used in English as lighthearted, or even slang, equivalents of their more common English counterparts. The term "puku" for stomach,
Lee (English surname) Korean diaspora translating numerous surnames also romanized as Li, particularly the one deriving from the Chinese word for "plum" (, "Lǐ"; , "Lee"; , "Rhee"; Vietnamese</small> , quốc ngữ Lê, Lý or Lí) which is among the most common surnames in the world. In America, Lee is the most common surname for Chinese and Korean Americans and the second-most-common surname for Asian and Pacific Islanders, behind the Vietnamese Nguyen. Similarly, Lee is the third-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans. Originating from Norway as "Lie", this surname was altered when it arrived in the Americas in the late 1800s to fit the