- France.
- 1874, Te Wananga, June 22.
- Ā ko Wīwī e minamina ana ki te mea i a ia kia ea ai tana mate i te Tiamana
- France wishes to avenge its defeat by the Germans.
- 2007, Yaron Matras & Jeanette Sakel, Grammatical Borrowing in Cross-Linguistic Perspective, p. 322.
- Thus, for example, Maori Wīwī 'French' is from French 'oui, oui!' 'yes, yes!', but there is not indication that it ever meant 'yes' in Maori [...]
- 2011, Kate Martin & Brad Mercer, The French place in the Bay of Islands = Te urunga mai o te iwi Wīwī: essays from Pompallier's printery.