huaki

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *suaki (compare with Rarotongan ‘uaki and Tahitian huaʻi)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuaki/ [ˈhʉɐki]

Verb

huaki (passive huakina)

  1. to open (of doors, lids)
  2. to uncover
  3. to dig out, to disinter or exhume
  4. to rise (of celestial bodies)
    Synonym: puta

Noun

huaki

  1. dawn

Derived terms

  • huakanga

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “suaki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “huaki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 77
  • “huaki” 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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