koirā te tikanga
1. supposedly, it would seem, strictly speaking, by rights, it's supposed to be like this - a phrase that is sometimes used idiomatically to make an assertion or to state that something was supposed to take place or have taken place.
Kia tae kē mai rātou i nanahi koirā te tikanga engari he aha te aha. / They were to have come yesterday but it didn't happen.
See also (ko) te/tōna tikanga, tōna tikanga, te tikanga
