Etymology

weka

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Today it means: Gallirallus australis, a flightless bird of New Zealand in the family Rallidae with brown plumage. Full definition →

Māori weka
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  1. Māori · borrowed fromweka
  2. English todayweka

From Māori weka.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.