hiku

1. (noun) tail (of a fish or reptile), footer (word processing), fullback (sport), suffix.

Kātahi ka kowheta te hiku, ka rongo hoki i te mamae o ngā taura kua nonoti tonu rā i waenganui o te puku (TWM 15/7/1865:3). / Then its tail thrashed about as it felt the pain of the ropes tightening around its stomach.

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2. (noun) rear (of an army on the march, or travelling party), rearguard.

Taihoa, kia tapeke mai te hiku (W 1971:50). / Wait until the rear of the party catch up.
Kāore hoki i rongo i te kupu atu a te tuakana, kia kaua e takahia te hiku o te taua e whati ana, me waiho kia waiho kia tau te tapuwae (M 2004:280). / He did not listen to his elder brother's order that he was not to pursue the rear of the retreating enemy, but was to wait until they had halted and come to rest.

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Synonyms: whakatautopenga

3. (noun) eaves (of a house) - underside of a projecting roof.

hiku

1. (noun) frostfish, Lepidopus caudatus - an eel-like fish with a silver elongated body and large, dagger-like teeth. Widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand in depths of 20-800 m.

hiku huriaro

1. (noun) passive suffix.

hiku whēkau

1. (noun) (anatomy) appendix.

hiku whēkau

1. appendix (internal organ).

Ki te rongo te tangata i te mamae i te taha matau o tana puku, ākene e raru ana te hiku whēkau. / If one were to experience pain in the right side of the abdomen, if could be a problem with the appendix

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hiku whakahāngū

1. (noun) passive suffix, passive ending - endings added to a verb that is used when the subject undergoes the action of the verb. In Māori, verbs used in the passive usually take a passive ending.

Anei ngā hiku whakahāngū o te reo Māori: -a, -hia, -hina, -ia, -ina, -kia, -kina, -mia, -na, -nga, -ngia, -ria, -tia, -whia, -whina. / Here are the passive suffixes of Māori: -a, -hia, -hina, -ia, -ina, -kia, -kina, -mia, -na, -nga, -ngia, -ria, -tia, -whia, -whina.

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hiku whakaingoa

1. (noun) nominalisation suffix, derived noun suffix, derived noun ending - a suffix used to make verbs into nouns, sometimes called derived nouns. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action. A derived noun ending is used when a base is used to modify another base. These suffixes are added to nouns to designate the quality derived from the base noun.

Anei ngā hiku whakaingoa o te reo Māori: -anga, -nga, -hanga, -kanga, -manga, -ranga, -tanga, -whanga. / Here are the nominalisation suffixes of Māori: -anga, -nga, -hanga, -kanga, -manga, -ranga, -tanga, -whanga.

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Synonyms: pīmuri whakaingoa