waka
Japanese short verse
Waka is a traditional Māori canoe, ranging from small vessels to large oceangoing craft that carried Polynesian voyagers across the Pacific.
The word appears in New Zealand place names and cultural contexts.
Separately, waka is a form of classical Japanese poetry, particularly the 31-syllable tanka.
In internet slang, waka represents the sound of Fozzie Bear's laugh or the rapper Waka Flocka Flame's ad-lib.
Flat-bladed water tool
- outriggerBoat-balancing lateral float
- dugoutCarved-log canoe
- hullOuter covering or frame
- sternStrict or ship's aft
bow · keel · gunwale · thwart · carving · prow · bailer · lashing
Determining position and course
- PolynesiaEastern Oceania's island groups
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
migration · seafaring · oceanic · islands · explorers · landfall · horizon · currents
New Zealand's indigenous people
- whakapapaMāori ancestral lineage system
- manaSupernatural indwelling power
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- carvingShaping by cutting away
traditions · ceremonies · sacred · tribal
Poem's line grouping
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- meterDevice that measures usage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- odeLaudatory verse form
elegy · lyric · ballad · composition · poetic · lines · refrain · syllable
Vivid descriptive language
- seasonsYear's four divisions
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- brevityShortness of expression
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
melancholy · reflection · elegance · Japanese · classical · sentiment · transience · aesthetics
paddle
Flat-bladed water tool
stern · bow · keel · gunwale · thwart · carving · prow · bailer · lashing · timber
navigation
Determining position and course
- PolynesiaEastern Oceania's island groups
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
stars · migration · seafaring · oceanic · islands · explorers · landfall · horizon · currents · swell
Maori
New Zealand's indigenous people
- whakapapaMāori ancestral lineage system
- manaSupernatural indwelling power
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
carving · traditions · ceremonies · sacred · tribal
stanza
Poem's line grouping
ode · elegy · lyric · ballad · composition · poetic · lines · refrain · syllable · prosody
imagery
Vivid descriptive language
syllables · melancholy · reflection · elegance · Japanese · classical · sentiment · transience · aesthetics · emotion
- wake upBecome conscious again
- wake-up callJolt into awareness
- wake up callAlert that demands attention
- in the wake ofOccurring after and because
- wake up and smell the coffeeRecognize the actual situation
- wake me up