Tiki
1. (personal name) in some narratives Tiki was the first man created, while other narratives say he created the first man.
E kī ana ā tātau nei kōrero, ko Tiki te tangata tuatahi, ko Hine-ahu-one te wahine tuatahi i pokepoketia ki te one i Kurawaka (TTT 1/8/1925:275). / Our narratives say that Tiki was the first man and that Hine-ahu-one, the first woman, was shaped with earth at Kurawaka.
tiki
1. (verb) (tīkina) to fetch, go and get, come and get.
I kitea e tētahi tamaiti he kōhanga maina i runga i te rākau, kātahi ia ka ahuwhenua ki te tiki i taua kōhanga (TP 3/1901:7). / A boy saw a mynah’s nest in a tree, then he assiduously set about fetching that nest.
See also tīkina
2. (verb) (tīkina) to proceed to do (anything), go (for a purpose).
Ki te mea ka tohe tonu Te Urewera ki te whakatuarā i ētahi iwi kē ki te riri ki a te Kāwanatanga ākuanei ka tīkina, ka nohoia (TWMNT 6/7/1875:153). / If Te Urewera still persisted in supporting other tribes to fight against the Government, they would be taken and occupied.
tiki
1. (noun) carved figure, image, a neck ornament usually made of greenstone and carved in an abstract form of a human.
Ko te tiki te hei rongonui rawa, ka rite tōna āhua ki tētahi tangata e noho ana me ōna waewae whiri (Te Ara 2013). / The most well-known neck pendant is the tiki, which is shaped like a figure sitting cross-legged.
2. (noun) post to mark a tapu place.
tiki
1. (verb) to be unsuccessful.
I ngā tau o 1884 me 1886 ka tū ia hei māngai ki te Pāremata mō te rohe pōti Māori o Te Tai Hauāuru, engari i tiki. Nō te tau 1896 rā anō ia ka momoho (TTR 1994:35). / In 1884 and 1886 he stood for Parliament in the Western Māori electorate, but was unsuccessful. Finally in 1896 he was successful.
2. (noun) unsuccessful person.
tiki mai
1. (verb) (tīkina mai) to come and get, take away.
Nāna hoki mātou ko ōku hoa i atawhai, ā tae noa ki te rā i tū mai ai he kaipuke ki te tiki mai i a mātou (TTT 1/6/1926:414). / He took care of my friends and me until the day that a ship arrived to come and get us.
See also tiki
tiki atu
1. (verb) (tīkina atu) to go and get, bring.
Ka mahi i te ika te iwi rā, ā, ka mōhio atu a Tū-pāhau kua nui, ko te tukunga atu i āna tāngata ki te tiki atu i ētehi mā rātou (NIT 1995:155). / The tribe fished and Tū-pāhau, knowing that the fishing was successful, sent his people to fetch some for themselves.
See also tiki
Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga
1. (personal name) full name of Māui, well-known Polynesian character of narratives. He performed a number of amazing feats. Also known as Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga and Māui-pōtiki.
Ko te whakamaharatanga tēnei ki te āhua o te whenua i hangā houtia nei e te kāpura a Mahuika, i māmingatia nei e tana mokopuna e Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga (KO 24/8/1886:7). / This is a memorial to the landscape reconstructed by the fire of Mahuika who was tricked by Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga.
Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga
1. (personal name) well-known Polynesian character of narratives. He performed a number of amazing feats. Also known as Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga and Māui-pōtiki.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 62-63, 73, 82-85, 86-87;)
Kātahi ka kī atu a Māui ki ōna taokete, 'Kaua koutou e kata ki a au ina tomo au ki roto ki a Hine-nui-te-pō.' (TPH 30/11/1911:9) / Then Māui said to his brothers-in-law, 'You must not laugh at me when I go into Hine-nui-te-pō.'
See also Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga, Māui-pōtiki, atua
