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Noun
wētā
- weta
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References
- 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 199: “Wéta, s. An insect.”