whetū

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fetuqu (cognate with Hawaiian hōkū and Tahitian fetū), from Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (cognate with Tagalog bituin). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɸeˈtuː/ [fɛˈtuː] === Noun === whetū star (luminous celestial body) ==== Derived terms ==== whetūao (“planet”) === References === John C. Moorfield (2011), “whetū”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN Tregear, Edward (1891), “whetū”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 623