weta

Borrowed from Maori wētā.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛtə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈweːtʌː/, /ˈwedə/

weta (plural weta or wetas)

1. (New Zealand) Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.
   • 1982, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 5:

     We came to know by heart […] her excitement on her first day at school at seeing a weta crawling on brother Willy's knee (‘Oooh, look on Willy's knee!’) […] .

   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 10:

     It also carried […] the forebears of wētā insects and the worm-caterpillar peripatus.

• Tewa, Tawe, tawe

From we (“take”) +‎ -tá (“towards”).

wetá

1. to bring

weta

1. filth; excrement
2. (idiomatic, vulgar) no way; never!

• "weta" – Māori Dictionary

From Spanish aguaitar in the meaning of "to pay attention" or "to take care".

weta

1. to see

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: we‧ta

See wet.

weta f

1. (obsolete) alternative form of wet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

weta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of wet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

weta n

1. inflection of weto:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Borrowed from English waiter.

wetá class 1a (plural bówetá class 2a)

1. waiter

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

weta f

1. a battle, struggle

• eweta (“in conflict”)
  • ewetaitstse (“embattled”)

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “weta”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN