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Where does “weka” come from?

weka (English) comes from Maori weka.

weka (English): The woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand

Definitions

  1. The woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand

Ancestry of “weka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriweka—
Every word from Maori weka →