How do you pronounce whakate?

Answer 1

The word is pronounced 'wa-ka-tay'.

I find the above ambiguous.

Most likely the vowel sound in the first two syllables is what I would write as "ah", to represent the first vowel sound in the English word "father".

As opposed to that in "cat".

Also there is no indication of stress or emphasis. I would assume this would be on the middle syllable as this seems to based on a Japanese sort of pattern.