2. (modifier) small (plural form).
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)
He manuao ririki rawa iho ēnei, he torutoru ōna pū, he tere, ko tana tino rākau patu he tōpiro (TP 11/1899:3). / These are much smaller warships, with few guns, are faster and their main weapons are torpedoes.
putaputa ririki
1. (noun) pore (of the skin).
Mā tēnei e kitea te tika o te horoi tonu i te kiri kia tuwhera tonu ai ngā putaputa ririki kia puta ai mā reira ngā mea kino katoa e whakangoikore ana i te tinana (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / This will reveal how continual washing of the skin will open the pores so that all the detrimental things that weaken the body can emerge.
Synonyms: kōputaputa, putaputa kiri
tai ririki
1. (noun) neap tide.
Ia marama, e rua ngā tai ririki me ngā tai nunui (RP 2009:380). / Each month there are two neap tides and spring tides.
Synonyms: tai ninihi
hūpirau-ririki
1. (noun) stinkwood, Coprosma foetidissima - shrub or tree up to 6 m tall with narrow to broadly ovate leaves which smell of rotten eggs when crushed. Drupes yellow to orange.
See also hūpiro
