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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *faqaki.
Verb
whāki
- to reveal, to disclose
- to admit, confess
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “whāki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 571
- “whāki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.