tīkokekoke
1. (verb) to be high in the heavens.
Ka rapurapu noa ia i tētahi maro, i tētahi tū mōna, nōwhea hoki i kitea? Kātahi ia ka rere atu ki te kukume mai i ngā puru o te pihanga, o te whatitoka; kukume rawa mai, anana, kua tīkokekoke noa ake te rā o waho (NM 1928:8). / She searched everywhere for a maro , a girdle for herself, but could she find one anywhere? Then she rushed to pull out the plugs in the window and door, and when she finally pulled them out, low and behold the sun outside was high in the heavens.
2. (modifier) lofty, elevated.
Ehara tēnei kura i te ōhanga, ehara hoki i te kura whakaparirau noa, engari ia he pae huarewa hei whakahauora, hei whakangungu i te manu kua mārō kē ngā parirau, e matawara ana ki ngā rongohua tīkokekoke o te ao kōrero Māori (HM 2/1994:4). / This school is not a nest for beginners, and it's not a school for fledglings to enable them to fly, but it's an upper level to refresh, to strengthen the bird that already has strong wings wanting the lofty perches of the Māori speaking world.
Synonyms: ikeike, tiketike, teitei, aweawe, ike, kaurera, paratū, tīkoke, tītike
