wheke

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Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Hawaiian heʻe, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke.[1][2]

Noun

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wheke

  1. octopus, squid

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “feke”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 620

Further reading

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  • “wheke” 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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