tīeke
1. (noun) saddleback, Philesturnus carunculatus - a rare, glossy, black bird with a chestnut saddle and rump and orange-red wattles at the base of a black bill. Feeds on the forest floor and bounds from branch to branch.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 98;)
Waihoki, whakaritea ai te raranga tarahau kiekie ki te hanga a te tīeke i tōna kōhanga i te harakeke (Te Ara 2013). / And weaving a cloak of kiekie, was like the saddleback making its nest with flax.
tīeke
1. (verb) (-tia) to measure out, set out - especially the ground plan of a house.
Synonyms: tātari, whakatikatika, riro, whakatika
