wiki

1. (loan) (noun) wick, fuse.

He mea kuhu nāna he tainamaiti ki raro i te tumu, kātahi ka tahuna te wiki. / He placed dynamite under the stump and then the fuse was lit.

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wiki

1. (verb) to form circular ripples on the surface of the water by a submerged object.

Kua kite atu ia i te wai e wiki ana. Ko te tohu tēnei kei te whakaputa ake te tohorā rā (HW 1969:133). / He had seen the water rippling in circles. This was the sign that that southern right whale was surfacing.

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wiki

1. (loan) (noun) week.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 30;)

Ko te wiki tēnei i hoki mai ai tō rātou tumuaki. / This was the week that their principal returned.

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2. (loan) (noun) Sunday.

He Wiki te rā i hui katoa ai ngā tāngata o te kāinga ki te karakia. / The day that everybody from the village gathered to have a church service was a Sunday.

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Wiki

1. (loan) (personal name) Vicky, Vic.

E Wiki, māu ngā rīhi e horoi. / Vicky, can you wash the dishes, please.

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mutunga wiki

1. (loan) (noun) weekend.

I ngā rā o te mutunga wiki haere kē ana ia ki te whakangau poaka, ki te tākaro whutupaoro rānei mō te karapu whutupaoro o Pito-one (TTR 2000:107). / In the weekends he went pig-hunting or played rugby for the Petone Rugby Football Club.

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nō tērā

1. last - when followed by words like pō, wiki, marama, tau, rautau and the days of the week.

Nō tērā marama pānuitia ai ngā tūranga hou e rua (HM 4/1992:5). / Last month two new positions were advertised.

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Synonyms: whakamutunga, mātāmuri, i tērā, ukauka, tērā, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku

i tērā

1. last - when followed by words like pō, wiki, marama, tau and rautau.

I tērā tau i whakarauikatia e te Taura Whiri ngā whenua o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mō ngā take e pā ana ki ō rātou ake reo (HM 2/1992:1). / Last year the Māori Language Commission called together the countries of the Pacific Ocean to exchange ideas about matters concerning their indigenous languages.

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Synonyms: whakamutunga, mātāmuri, nō tērā, ukauka, tērā, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku