timotimo
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to peck (as a bird), prick, strike with a pointed instrument, nip.
Ahakoa kei te timotimoria e te weka ngā huruhuru o te pīkake hei huruhuru mōna, kāore e rerekē atu, ka noho anō te pīkake hei pīkake, te weka hei weka (TPH 29/10/1912:3). / Even if the weka pecks out the feathers of the peacock for itself, it will not change anything, the peacock remains a peacock and the weka as a weka.
Synonyms: tongi, kātara, oka, kinikini, timo, kakati, kukuti, kuti, kuku, nanapi, pakini, honi, hohoni, kati, kikini, kini
2. (modifier) nibbled, pecked.
Kei te taha matau ngā rā i wānangatia mai i ngā radiocarbon me ngā kai timotimo a te kiore i ngā anga me ngā kākano (Te Ara 2013). / On the right are dates obtained from radiocarbon dates and rat-nibbled shells and seeds.
