tākihi
1. (loan) (noun) circus.
Tata tonu ka mate a Hamapere, te kaiwhakarata raiona o te purei tākihi, i ngaua e ngā raiona i roto i tō rātou whare, mehemea i kore ōna hoa hei patu atu i ngā raiona, kua kainga tonutia (HTK 28/10/1893:2). / Hamapere, the lion tamer of the circus, was nearly killed when he was bitten by the lions in their cage and if it weren't for his friends beating away the lions he would have been eaten.