英和和英

名詞

waka (plural wakas or waka)

1. (poetry) A kind of classical Japanese poem.
   • 1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 122:

     “Hey, look. There's one of those Jap waka poems on the back of this cigarette package.”

語源 2

Borrowed from Māori waka.

発音

• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈwʌkʌ/, /ˈwʌkə/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈwakə/
• 韻: -ɒkə, -ʌkə

名詞

waka (plural wakas or waka)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori canoe. [from 19th c.]
2. (New Zealand) A broad Maori community consisting of numerous Maori tribes, all sharing common ancestors thought to have come to New Zealand in a particular canoe. (A waka is divided into several iwi.) [from 19th c.]
   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 235:

     On occasion this orientation would extend to wider tribal units […] or even to waka federations such as Tainui, Te Arawa or Mataatua.

派生語

参考

• waka gashira

アナグラム

• kawa