2. (modifier) hot, burning, burnt by the sun, sunburnt.
Hoki rawa mai kua ruwha rawa te Pākehā, e mahi ana hoki i raro i te rā tīkākā o Awherika i a Hune (he raumati) (TWMNT 19/5/1874:124). / When they returned the Pākehā were terribly weary from working under a burning African sun in June (summer).
3. (noun) sunburn.
4. (noun) heat.
Kīhai i āta tupu i te tīkākā o te rā, i te kore ua (TPM 9/3/1863:18). / They did not grow properly because of the heat of the sun and the lack of rain.
tīkākā
1. (modifier) shrill, screeching, strident, harsh.
Kua tiotio noa iho aku taringa i te whakarongo atu ki tōna reo tīkākā (HJ 2012:207). / It grates on my ears when I hear her screeching voice.
Synonyms: tioro
2. (noun) shrillness.
Ko tōna ingoa kārangaranga i waenga i te hunga ākonga ko Te Reo, arā, ko te Voice, nā te mea rangona ai te pakepakē, te tīorooro me te tīkākā o tōna reo i ngā wāhi katoa (HM 4/1998:1). / Her nickname amongst the students was Te Reo, that is the Voice, because the sharpness, the screeching and the shrillness of her voice was the thing that was heard everywhere.
tīkāka
1. (noun) reef heron, Egretta sacra - a slaty-grey heron with a long, heavy, grey to yellowish bill. Legs relatively short, yellow-green. Hunched and almost horizontal when feeding. Found in mangrove inlets, rocky shores, wave platforms and intertidal mudflats.
See also matuku moana
Synonyms: matuku nuia, matuku tai, matuku waitai, matuku moana, mātukutuku, kākatai
Tīkākā-muturangi
1. (personal noun) eleventh lunar month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to April and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Paengawhāwhā
