wheke

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Hawaiian heʻe, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke.[1][2]

Noun

wheke

  1. octopus, squid

See also

References
  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “feke”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎
  2. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 620

Further reading
  • “wheke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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