kī
1. (verb) (-a,-ia,-tia) to say, speak, express, utter, call, mention, tell, designate.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)
2. (noun) saying, word.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)
Ko te kī, i whānau a Hōne (Hōni) Tāmati Pereki i Ōrākei, i Ākarana i te 4 o Āperira 1853 (TTR 1996:7). / The word is that John Thomas Blake was born at Ōrākei, Auckland, on 4 April 1853.
Synonyms: rerenga kōrero, pepeha, kupu, whakapepeha, kīnga, tūātau, kīanga
