pika
1. (loan) (noun) pick, pickaxe.
Ki te kore e taea e ia te wāwāhi i taua kāmaka ki te hama, ki te pika ranei, ka tīkina he paura; ki te kore e pakaru i te paura, ka tīkina he tainamaiti (TP 1/3/1900:4). / If he is not able to break up that rock with a hammer or pick, powder is fetched; if it's not smashed with powder, dynamite is fetched.
Synonyms: kato, kōwhiti, whawhati, katokato, kōwhiri, whiriwhiri, kōhiti
