whaki

See also: whāki

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *paki (compare with Samoan faʻi, Tongan faki)^[1][2]

Noun

whaki

1. to pluck, to pick (of fruit)
2. to harvest

Derived terms

• kōwhaki
• kōwhakiwhaki
• whakiwhaki
• whawhaki

 

References

1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 607-8
2. Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 137

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “whaki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 571
• “whaki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.