Etymology
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From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Hawaiian heʻe, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke.[1][2]
wheke
- octopus, squid
See also
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References
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- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “feke”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ 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.
