weka

1. 1.

   flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting

   Synonymsmaori henwood hen

   Broaderrail

   Part ofGallirallus

Other forms of weka

plural

wekas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about weka

What does weka mean?

weka means "flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting".

How many syllables are in weka?

weka has 2 syllables: we-ka. The stress falls on "we".

What is another word for weka?

Close synonyms include maori hen, wood hen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weka a common word?

weka is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.