tiki
1. (verb) to be unsuccessful.
I ngā tau o 1884 me 1886 ka tū ia hei māngai ki te Pāremata mō te rohe pōti Māori o Te Tai Hauāuru, engari i tiki. Nō te tau 1896 rā anō ia ka momoho (TTR 1994:35). / In 1884 and 1886 he stood for Parliament in the Western Māori electorate, but was unsuccessful. Finally in 1896 he was successful.
2. (noun) unsuccessful person.