tikumu
1. (verb) to be timid, timorous, diffident, reticent, hesitating.
E tikumu ana te tamaiti tāne kei mekea e te tangata whakaweti. / The boy was timid in case he was punched by the bully.
Synonyms: tōngā, memeke, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, whakakumu, konekone
2. (noun) common mountain daisy, cotton plant, Celmisia spectabilis subsp. spectabilis - an alpine plant with foliage covered with fine short hairs, soft and woolly to touch. White daisies are carried above rosettes of leaves or on low-growing shrubs in spring and early summer.
Ka hōrapa te tikumu ki ngā wāhi ikeike. He tea ōna raupua, he kōwhai ki waenganui (Te Ara 2013). / Mountain daisies are common in upland places. They have white petals and yellow centres.
