hēki

See also: heki and hēkī

Maori

Noun

hēki

1. egg

   Titiro ki te hēki rakiraki, pīpipi rānei, kuihi rānei, e hoatu ana kia pēhia e te heihei. ― Look at a duck's egg, or the egg of a brown creeper or a goose, given to a hen to sit on.

References

1. "egg" in Māori Dictionary, 1998–present

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqe-ki. Cognates include Tuvaluan heki and Samoan le'i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈheː.ki]
• Hyphenation: hē‧ki

Particle

hēki

1. Negates a non-stative verb; not

See also

• hē

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 308