Citations:Wīwī


 * 1) France.
 * 2) *1874, Te Wananga, June 22.
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2007, Yaron Matras & Jeanette Sakel, Grammatical Borrowing in Cross-Linguistic Perspective, p. 322.
 * Thus, for example, Maori Wīwī 'French' is from French 'oui, oui!' 'yes, yes!', but there is not indication that it ever meant 'yes' in Maori [...]
 * 1) *2011, Kate Martin & Brad Mercer, The French place in the Bay of Islands = Te urunga mai o te iwi Wīwī: essays from Pompallier's printery.