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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(New Zealand) Gallirallus australis, a flightless bird of New Zealand in the family Rallidae with brown plumage..
[…] riroriros would be twittering overhead, with a shy weka peeping round a tree trunk. Wekas were very common then; they were our weather forecasters. Before rain their calls were always louder and repeated more frequently.
Thin darned socks, and old old clothes. The greatcoat. A superb weka feather cloak.
Use weka when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Weka means (New Zealand) Gallirallus australis, a flightless bird of New Zealand in the family Rallidae with brown plumage..
Common synonyms include Maori hen, woodhen, wood hen, maori hen.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] riroriros would be twittering overhead, with a shy weka peeping round a tree trunk. Wekas were very common then; they were our weather forecasters. Before rain their calls were always louder and repeated more frequently.
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