Whītī

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Maori

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Compare Maori rāwhiti (east) and Maori whiti (to spring up)

Proper noun

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Whītī

  1. Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)
  2. Fijian