pakake
1. (noun) whale, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata - a small whale with a dark grey back and white underparts.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 6;)
I te mutunga o āna mahi manawa kai tūtae e tere ana i ngā moana o te ao, ka noho ia ki uta i te tau 1830, ki te teihana hopu pakake a Jacky Guard i Te Awaiti (TTR 1994:23). / After his adventurous occupation sailing the oceans of the world, in 1830 he lived ashore at Jacky Guard's Te Awaiti shore whaling station.
Synonyms: pakaka
