okioki
1. (verb) to rest, pause.
Kei te urupā o Muruika, i Ōhinemutu i Rotorua, te rangatira nei e okioki ana, kei te taha tonu o tōna matua tipuna, o ōna whanaunga, me ngā ika a Whiro o ngā pakanga e rua o te ao (TTR 2000:52). / This leader rests at the Muruika cemetery at Ōhinemutu in Rotorua right beside his father and other relatives and the veterans of two world wars.
Synonyms: whakamatua, tūtatari, tāoki, pae, whakanā, whakangā, whakatā, taupua, tā
2. (noun) rest.
Ko te hunga anake e mahi ana, e rūwhā ana, e mōhio ana ki te pai o te okioki (RK 1994:67). / Only the people who are working and exhausted know how good rest is.
