matapiko
1. (verb) (-tia) to be stingy, mean, covetous, ungenerous.
Kei te noho nama tātou ki taua whānau. Me whakaaro ake tātou. Ki te roa rawa te whakautu, kua amuamu, kua matapiko rātou. / We are indebted to that family. We should consider that. If we take too long to reciprocate they will begin to grumble and become ungenerous.
2. (modifier) mean, miserly, parsimonious, scrimping, avaricious, stingy.
Ko te tikanga o te whakataukī ‘He kākāriki kai ata’, e kōrero ana mō tētahi tangata matapiko ka kaihoro i te ata i mua i ngā mahi (Te Ara 2011). / The saying ‘He kākāriki kai ata’ (a kākāriki eating in the morning) refers to a stingy person who acts like the kākāriki, eating greedily in the morning before working.
Synonyms: ihupuku, toharite, kaihākere, ware, tūtūā, hākere, matamau, tūmatarau, kaiponu
3. (noun) miser, skinflint, tight-arse.
Ko te take tuatoru i kore ai te Maori e tohu taonga he wehi nō te Maori kei kīia ia he hākere, he matapiko, he kaiponu (TP 7/1907:4). / The third reason that the Māori would not accumulate possessions is the fear that they might be said to be stingy, mean and covetous.
Synonyms: kaiponu, kaihākere, makitaunu, porokaihākere, atuapo, pitokite, kaikoropeke, ringa poto
