Wīwī

From French oui, oui (“yes, yes”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.wiː/

Wīwī

1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)
   • 1878 June 22, Te Wananga, page 310:

     Ā ko Wīwī e minamina ana ki te mea i a ia kia ea ai tana mate i te Tiamana

     France wishes to avenge its defeat by the Germans.

Wīwī

1. Frenchman; the French

Wīwī

1. French

• Kaiana Wīwī (“French Guiana”)
• pīne-ā-Wīwī (“French bean”)

• “Wīwī” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.