pīwakawaka

Maori

Noun

pīwakawaka

1. New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)

   Synonyms: hīrairaka, hīwaiwaka, kōtiutiu, pīrairaka, pīrakaraka, pīrangirangi, pītakataka, pīwaiwaka, tīrairaka, tīrairaka pango, tīrakaraka, tīraureka, tītakataka, tītīrairaka, tīwaiwaka, tīwakawaka, wakawaka

References

• Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 123
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 121: “Piwákawáka, s. The name of a bird.”