Waka (Māori: [ˈwaka]) are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel... 24 KB (3,202 words) - 23:51, 15 March 2024 |
This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These... 12 KB (121 words) - 03:06, 2 March 2024 |
Ngāhue of the Tāwhirirangi canoe. A large tree was cut down by four men called Rata, Wahieroa, Ngāhue and Parata, to make the waka which came to be known... 7 KB (931 words) - 23:12, 28 November 2023 |
Look up waka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waka may refer to: Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New... 2 KB (318 words) - 19:37, 10 February 2024 |
Tākitimu (category Māori waka) Tākitimu was a waka (canoe) with whakapapa throughout the Pacific particularly with Samoa, the Cook Islands, and New Zealand in ancient times. In several... 5 KB (559 words) - 02:03, 1 February 2024 |
parts lashed together with flax rope. All waka are characterized by very low freeboard. In Hawaiʻi, waʻa (canoes) are traditionally manufactured from the... 31 KB (3,960 words) - 17:39, 18 March 2024 |
Polynesian multihull terminology (category Outrigger canoes) term vaka or waka means "boat" or "canoe" in most Polynesian languages. It comes from Proto-Austronesian *abaŋ, meaning "ship" or "canoe". Cognates in... 8 KB (704 words) - 15:03, 8 February 2024 |
back canoe with a small outboard motor Umiak Outrigger Waka (canoe) Adirondack guideboat – resembles a canoe Canoe paddle strokes Canadian Canoe Museum... 50 KB (5,833 words) - 19:53, 25 March 2024 |