neti
1. (verb) to play darts (using of a fern stalk).
E kī ana a Te Matorohanga i tākaro rawa hoki ngā atua, i tā pōtaka, i neti, i whai, i tākaro i ērā atu tākaro (TTT 1/9/1923:8). / Te Mātorohanga says that the atua also played games, whipping tops, toy darts of flax strips, string games and other games.
Synonyms: neneti
2. (noun) dart - used for a traditional game and made of a fern stalk with the thicker end bound with a piece of green flax to form a knob. The dart was thrown to ricochet off a mound.
Ko te tamaiti ka tau atu tāna neti ki tawhiti rawa atu, ko ia ka toa (PK 2008:497). / The child whose dart landed the furthest away was the winner.