1. (verb) (tīkina mai) to come and get, take away.
Nāna hoki mātou ko ōku hoa i atawhai, ā tae noa ki te rā i tū mai ai he kaipuke ki te tiki mai i a mātou (TTT 1/6/1926:414). / He took care of my friends and me until the day that a ship arrived to come and get us.
See also tiki
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