riki

1. (loan) (noun) onion, leek.

Tapahia he riki hei kīnaki mō ā tātou kai. / Cut up some onions as a relish for our food.

riki

1. (modifier) small, little.

Tākina mai rā ngā huihui o Matariki, Puanga, Tautoru, ka ngaro Atutahi māna e whakarewa te tini whetū riki ka rewa kei runga (TJ 11/5/1899:4). / The constellations of the Pleiades, Rigel, Orion rise and Canopus disappears and elevates the many small stars suspended above.

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Synonyms: koroiti, muimui, mahake, pota, pakupaku, nonohi, nohinohi, paku, kauriki, whito, mākari, tātakimōri, iti, poniponi, pinepine, tuaiti, whengowhengo, whetau

rīki

1. (loan) (noun) rugby league.

Nō tana hokinga mai ki Aotearoa i te tau 1937, ka whakauru ia ki te tīma o Manukau tākaro rīki ai (TTR 1998:121). / When he returned to New Zealand in 1937 he joined the Manukau team to play rugby league.

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2. (loan) (noun) league.

I a Rātana e noho ana i Pārihi, haere kē ana a Moko ki te ārahi i tētehi rōpū ki Hinīwa i runga i te tūmanako ka āhei rātau ki te whakatakoto i te petihana nei ki te aroaro o te Rīki o ngā Iwi o te Ao (TTR 1998:113). / While Rātana stayed in Paris, Moko went instead to lead a deputation to Geneva with the intention of presenting a petition to the League of Nations.

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rīki

1. (loan) (noun) link - a measurement equal to one-hundredth of a surveying chain.

…ko te roa koia nei 626 tīni 93 rīki… (MM.TKM 31/12/1857:6). / …the distance being 626 chains 93 links…

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weki riki

1. (noun) rose-coloured brittle-star, Amphiura rosea - a small, pink, very slender-armed starfish abundant in soft mud from 10-35 m in the Hauraki Gulf .

ngaro riki

1. (noun) fruit fly.

E ora ana te ngaro riki mō te takiwā o te whā tekau mā rima rā noa iho. The fruit fly only lives for around 45 days. /

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pūmatua riki

1. (noun) small capital letters.

pepe para riki

1. (noun) common copper butterfly, Lycaena salustius complex - common in mid-summer in warm, open places from sand dunes to tussock hillsides. Attracted to blackberry flowers. Flies fast and jerkily, 2-3m above the ground.

Tai-pari-riki

1. (location) Deep Cove (Fiordland).

moko kākāriki

1. (noun) green tree gecko and jewelled gecko, Naultinus spp. - green geckos of various species found in low, dense shrubbery.

Ko te moko kākāriki me te moko tāpiri ka whakanōhia kia tata ki te kōhatu mauri hei tiaki i taua kōhatu mō ake tonu atu (Te Ara 2011). / The green gecko and common gecko were released near mauri stones as guardians forever.

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maire rauriki

1. (noun) white maire, Nestegis lanceolata - tree to 15 m tall with a trunk to 1 m in diameter and greyish white bark. Leaves are darkish green but more slender than maire rau nui. Timber is durable and hard so was used for kō (digging sticks) and other tools.

Synonyms: maire, maire raunui

iroriki

1. (noun) germ.

matūriki

1. (noun) (chemistry) particle.

matūriki ārepa

1. (noun) alpha particle.

matūriki kama

1. (noun) gamma particle.

matūriki peta

1. (noun) beta particle.

rehu matūriki

1. (noun) aerosol.

rikiriki

1. (noun) spring onion.

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