waka
/ˈwɒka
/noun NZ
A traditional Maori canoe.The waka, the spiritual image for the march, left Stewart Island for Bluff with its cargo of stories....
- When our wakas originally came to Aotearoa and landed, the first thing our menfolk did was to walk the land and claim it, by leaving stone markers.
- The hapu decided they would build their own waka, a canoe big enough to carry at least a dozen fishermen to sea.
Phrases
jump waka
Origin
Maori.
- no better than one should (or ought to) be
- Nob Hill
- no big deal
- no biggie
- nobiliary
- nobiliary particle
- nobilitate
- nobilitation
- nobility
- no bill
- nobilmente
- noble
- noble-born
- Noble Experiment
- noble fir
- noble gas
- nobleite
- noble liquid
- nobleman
- noble metal
- noble-minded
- noble-mindedness
- nobleness
- noble rot
- noble savage