English
Etymology
From Māori weka.
Noun
weka (plural wekas)
- (New Zealand) Gallirallus australis, a flightless bird of New Zealand in the family Rallidae with brown plumage.
- Synonyms: Maori hen, woodhen
- 1964, Forest and Bird (issues 151-170, page 15)
- […] riroriros would be twittering overhead, with a shy weka peeping round a tree trunk. Wekas were very common then; they were our weather forecasters. Before rain their calls were always louder and repeated more frequently.
1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 374:Thin darned socks, and old old clothes. The greatcoat. A superb weka feather cloak.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Māori weka.
Pronunciation
Noun
weka m (plural wekas, diminutive wekaatje n)
- woodhen, weka, Gallirallus australis
- Hypernym: ral
Further reading
Māori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *weka (“rail”). Cognate with Samoan ve'a, Tongan veka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweka/ [ˈwɛkɐ]
Noun
weka
- woodhen (Gallirallus australis)
Descendants
Further reading
- John C. Moorfield (2011), “weka”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index[1], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Austrian German Wecken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛka
- Syllabification: we‧ka
Noun
weka f
- (Kraków) veka (type of pastry made of wheat flour, produced in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, similar to a French baguette but wider, bigger, and fluffier, and with a smoother surface)
- Synonyms: angielka, baton, bina, bułka paryska, gryzka, kawiorka, sztangielka
Declension
Further reading
- “weka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- weka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Swahili
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-béeka.
Pronunciation
Verb
-weka (infinitive kuweka)
- to put
- to establish
- to keep
- to delay
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -weka
|
| Positive present
|
-naweka
|
| Subjunctive
|
-weke
|
| Negative
|
-weki
|
| Imperative singular
|
weka
|
|
| Infinitives
|
|
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
|
weka
|
| Plural
|
wekeni
|
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| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
huweka
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -liweka
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuweka
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naweka)
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|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninaweka/naweka
|
tunaweka
|
| 2nd person
|
unaweka
|
mnaweka
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anaweka
|
wanaweka
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -naweka
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -weki)
|
|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
siweki
|
hatuweki
|
| 2nd person
|
huweki
|
hamuweki
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
haweki
|
hawaweki
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -weki
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -taweka
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -taweka
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -weke)
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|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
niweke
|
tuweke
|
| 2nd person
|
uweke
|
muweke
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
aweke
|
waweke
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -weke
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -siweke
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngeweka
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| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singeweka
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngaliweka
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singaliweka
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aweka)
|
|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
naweka
|
twaweka
|
| 2nd person
|
waweka
|
mwaweka
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
aweka
|
waweka
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
waweka
|
yaweka
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
laweka
|
yaweka
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chaweka
|
vyaweka
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yaweka
|
zaweka
|
| u(XI)
|
waweka
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwaweka
|
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| pa(XVI)
|
paweka
|
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| mu(XVIII)
|
mwaweka
|
|
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| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -meweka
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshaweka
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jaweka
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kiweka
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipoweka
|
| Consecutive
|
kaweka / positive subject concord + -kaweka
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kaweke
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
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|
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-niweka
|
-tuweka
|
| 2nd person
|
-kuweka
|
-waweka/-kuwekeni/-wawekeni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-muweka
|
-waweka
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uweka
|
-iweka
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-liweka
|
-yaweka
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kiweka
|
-viweka
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-iweka
|
-ziweka
|
| u(XI)
|
-uweka
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuweka
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-paweka
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-muweka
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jiweka
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -weka- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-wekaye
|
-wekao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-wekao
|
-wekayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-wekalo
|
-wekayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-wekacho
|
-wekavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-wekayo
|
-wekazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-wekao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-wekako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-wekapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-wekamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -weka)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yeweka
|
-oweka
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-oweka
|
-yoweka
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-loweka
|
-yoweka
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-choweka
|
-vyoweka
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yoweka
|
-zoweka
|
| u(XI)
|
-oweka
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-koweka
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-poweka
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-moweka
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|
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Derived terms
Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *weka (“to defecate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
weka
- (intransitive) to poop, to defecate
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “weka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon