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tikanga

1. (noun) correct procedure, custom, habit, lore, method, manner, rule, way, code, meaning, plan, practice, convention, protocol - the customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context .

Synonyms: tikanga tuku iho, wānanga, tūmomo, momo, tū, māoritanga, māramatanga, tukanga, pēwheatanga, tāera, huarahi, ritenga, kawa, tino rangatiratanga, ture, kāwanatanga, rūri, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka, kaupapa, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, take, whakakaupapa

2. (noun) correct, right.

See also kei a [koe] te tikanga, (ko) te/tōna tikanga

Synonyms: ake, tika, matau, mōtika, tonu, matatika, tōtika, take, heipū

3. (noun) reason, purpose, motive.

Synonyms: kaupapa, aronga, hoaketanga, whāinga, koronga, take, tātai, mea, pūnga, pūtake, takunetanga

4. (noun) meaning, method, technique.

wāwāhi tikanga

1. (adjective) radical.

whai tikanga

1. (adjective) formal.

tikanga whakakonekone

1. (noun) aversion therapy.

tikanga whakawhenumi

1. (noun) assimilation policy.

tikanga ōhanga

1. (noun) principles of economics.

tikanga whakauru

1. (noun) substitution method.

whakahaere tikanga

1. (verb) to direct, superintend, govern, reign, lead, control, manage, administer, oversee, supervise.

Synonyms: kuīnitanga, arataki, huataki, tātaki, tā, konumatā, kōkiri, whaitaki, takitaki, whakataki, taki, matā, kaea, whakahaere, ārahi

2. (modifier) directing, governing, reigning, leading, controlling, managing, administering, overseeing, supervising.

Synonyms: arahanga, whakataki, aporei, takitaki, hautū

tikanga akuaku

1. (noun) hygiene rules, hygienic practices.

See also akuaku

whai tikanga

1. (verb) (-tia) to be formal, handy, important, meaningful, have importance.

2. (verb) (-tia) to have a right, have an interest.

3. (modifier) important, meaningful, pivotal.

4. (noun) importance, value.

tikanga whakahaere

1. (noun) management practices.

te tikanga

1. supposedly, it would seem, strictly speaking, by rights, it's supposed to be like this - an idiom used to make an assertion or to state that something was supposed to take place or have taken place.

tikanga reorua

1. (noun) bilingualism.

tikanga rua

1. (noun) biculturalism.

tikanga ture

1. (loan) (noun) legal system.

tikanga haumaru

1. (noun) safety practice, safety procedure.

tōna tikanga

1. supposedly, it would seem, strictly speaking, by rights, it's supposed to be like this - an idiom used to make an assertion or to state that something was supposed to take place or have taken place.

tikanga matatika

1. (noun) code of ethics, ethics.

whakahou tikanga pūtea

1. (noun) financial reform.

tikanga-rua

1. (noun) biculturalism.

2. (adjective) bicultural.

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