pakini
1. (verb) (-tia) to nip, pinch, nick, notch.
Ka mahi rongoā te kuia rā i te kiri o te kōwhai, ka tono ki a Hōri Nēpia kia kaukau ki roto, kātahi ka pakini ōna waewae (Te Ara 2011). / That elderly woman prepared medicine from kōwhai bark and asked George Nēpia to bathe in, and then nicked his legs.
Synonyms: taukini, whakakikini, nonoti, noti, timotimo, timo, kakati, kukuti, kuku, kati, nanapi, honi, hohoni, kuti, kikini, kini, kinikini
2. (noun) notch, nick.
Ko te taratara-a-Kai. He hohoko ngā pakini ki ngā ripa whakarara (RTA 2014:210). / The taratara-a-Kai decorative carving pattern. Notches alternate with parallel ridges.
3. (noun) apostrophe.
