rikarika
1. (verb) to be eager, keen, enthusiastic.
Tino mīharo tonu nei a Rongowhakaata ki ngā mahi tākaro, rikarika ana ia ki te tākaro korowha (TTR 1998:58). / Rongowhakaata had a great interest in sport and he was a very keen golfer.
Synonyms: kaikaha, kama, mōhukihuki, kamakama, ihupuku, kōtaratara, kōkeko, hīkaka, ngākau whiwhita, takawhita, ngākaunui, matangareka, tūkari, ngākau whakapuke
2. (verb) to be stinted, restrained - used with a negative to show the opposite.
Ka tae mai mātau ki Heipipi nei, ka kī ngā tāngata mahi rori, e noho tātau i konei, "Kāore koutou e puta." Kātahi mātau ka titiro ki te awa, kāore i rikarika te waipuke (TPH 31/7/1900:5). / When we arrived at Heipipi the road workers said that we should stay here, "You won't get through." Then we looked at river and the flood was not insignificant.
Synonyms: ārikarika, tōngā, whakatōngā
