Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

Filters

Idioms

Phrases

Proverbs

Loan words

Historical loan words

tokatoka

1. (verb) to be rock hard.

Tokatoka ana te oneone i muri i ngā wiki kore marangai (Ng 1993:402). / The earth was rock hard after weeks without rain (Ng 1993:402).

Show example

Hide example


2. (modifier) rocky.

Ko ia tētehi o te paratunu o te hokowhitu Māori, he mea whakahau nei i Āperira o te tau 1943 kia pāhoro, mau rawa i a rātau te tohu whenua nei a Takrouna, inarā, he tāmore tokatoka, tūparipari nei, tata atu ki te kotahi mano putu te teitei ake i ētehi putunga uru ōriwa i raro ake (TTR 2000:112). / He was one of the platoon from the Māori Battalion that was ordered, in April 1943, to capture and secure the Takrouna feature, because it was a steep, rocky outcrop almost a thousand feet above some olive groves.

Show example

Hide example

Synonyms: pōhatu, kāroaroa, teko

Te Kākano 3rd Edition

New edition of the leading Māori-language textbook out now.

More info

The App

Te Aka Māori Dictionary is also available as an iOS and Android app. Download below.

iOS Android

The Book

Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.

More info

He Pātaka Kupu

Te kai a te rangatira

He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.

Visit website

00:00