weta

See also: wēta, wētā, wetá, and wetą

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Maori wētā.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛtə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈweːtʌː/, /ˈwedə/

Noun

weta (plural weta or wetas)

1. (New Zealand) Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
   • 1982, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 5:

     We came to know by heart […] her excitement on her first day at school at seeing a weta crawling on brother Willy's knee (‘Oooh, look on Willy's knee!’) […] .

   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 10:

     It also carried […] the forebears of wētā insects and the worm-caterpillar peripatus.

Derived terms

• giant weta

Translations

New Zealand insect

Maori: wētā Russian: уэ́та m or f (uéta)

Anagrams

• Tewa, Tawe, tawe

Igbo

Etymology

From we (“take”) + tá (“towards”).

Verb

wetá

1. to bring.

Maori

Noun

weta

1. filth; excrement
2. (idiomatic, vulgar) no way; never!

References

• "weta" – Māori Dictionary

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish aguaitar in the meaning of "to pay attention" or "to take care".

Verb

weta

1. to see

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: we‧ta

Etymology 1

See wet.

Noun

weta f

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of wet

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	weta	wety
genitive	wety	wet
dative	wecie	wetom
accusative	wetę	wety
instrumental	wetą	wetami
locative	wecie	wetach
vocative	weto	wety

Declension of weta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

weta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of wet

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

weta n

1. inflection of weto:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English waiter.

Noun

wetá class 1a (plural bówetá class 2a)

1. waiter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tocharian B

Etymology

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Noun

weta f

1. a battle, struggle

Derived terms

• eweta (“in conflict”)
  • ewetaitstse (“embattled”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “weta”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN