2. (modifier) virtual - not physically existing but made to appear to do so.
Tāpirihia he whatunga tūmataiti mariko (VPN) (LP 2017). / Add a virtual private network (VPN) (LP 2017).
3. (noun) phantom, apparition, supernatural apparition.
Nō muri mai, ka kitea ko te tino anahera tonu, ko Kaperiere taua mariko rā (TTR 1976:175). / Later the supernatural apparition, the archangel Gabriel, was revealed.
ata mariko
1. (noun) special effect.
He ataata waihanga ngā ata mariko ka whakaurua ki roto i tētahi kiriata hei whakaatu i tētahi āhuatanga, ānō nei he tūturu. Hei tauira, ko te ekenga a Pai ki runga i te tohorā i roto i te kiriata Te Kaieke Tohorā (RMR 2017). / Special effects are visuals which are crafted and put into a film or video to show something as if it is real. For example, when Pai rides on the whale in the film 'Whale Rider' (RMR 2017).
whakaari mariko
1. (noun) supernatural drama.
Ko te whakaari mariko, arā, ka whai wāhi mai ngā āhuatanga o te wāhi ngaro ki te whakaari, pērā i te kēhua me te patupaiarehe (RMR 2017). / The supernatural drama, that is, aspects of the world of gods and spirits feature in the play, such as ghosts and fairies.