rokiroki
1. (verb) (-tia) to preserve, care for, husband.
E kore rawa e wareware i a Ngāti Tūwharetoa, ka waiho tēnei hei taonga nui ki roto ki te rokiroki a tōna tupuna, a Whakaotirangi (TPH 15/5/1905:8). / Ngāti Tūwharetoa will never forget that this great treasure was left in the care of their ancestor, Whakaotirangi.
Synonyms: whakapounamu, tohutohu, rarawe, tohu, rongoā, whakauka, whakatote
2. (modifier) perfectly calm.
Synonyms: mōwai rokiroki
3. (noun) preservation, storage.
Arā anō ētahi kātahi anō pea ka āta tuhia ki te reo Māori, pēnei i te rokiroki i ngā kōiwi o te tuatara, ngā mahi whakaipoipo a te kākāpō (HM 3/1998:7). / There are other things that probably have only recently been written about in Māori, such as the preservation of tuatara bones and the courtship activities of kākāpō.
4. (noun) store, collection (of articles), podcast - a collection of digital media files which are distributed over the Internet for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
See also kōnae ipurangi
Synonyms: kōnae ipurangi, pakihere rokiroki
