whaki

See also: whāki

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *paki (compare with Samoan faʻi, Tongan faki)[1][2]

Noun

whaki

  1. to pluck, to pick (of fruit)
  2. to harvest

Derived terms

  • kōwhaki
  • kōwhakiwhaki
  • whakiwhaki
  • whawhaki

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 607-8
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 137

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “whaki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 571
  • “whaki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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