wētā

See also: weta, wēta, wetá, and wetą

Māori

Etymology

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Noun

wētā

  1. weta, any of various species of insects resembling crickets

Hyponyms

  • pūtangatanga (“tree weta”)
  • tokoriro (“cave weta”)
  • wētā punga (“giant weta”)

Derived terms

  • wētā punga

Descendants

  • English: weta

References

  • Williams, William (1852), “wētā”, in A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, 2nd edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 199: “Wéta, s. An insect.”
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