tōkeke
1. (verb) to be unswerving, unyielding, unbending, adamant, resolute, just, impartial, equitable, fair.
Me mātua whakarongo mārire te takawaenga ki ngā kōrero a ngā taha e rua o te tautohe, e tika ai, e tōkeke ai tana taka i waenga i a rāua (HJ 2015:234). / The mediator must firstly listen carefully to the accounts of the two sides of the dispute, so that her decision is a correct and fair one for them both.
Synonyms: kau, ake, tata, tika, tou, noa, noa iho, noa ake, tonu, ia, ia rā, heipū, mārie, mārika, mārire, rae pakari, ngākau titikaha, manawa rahi, pūtohe, niwha, kiriūka, manawanui, marohi, mārohirohi, titikaha, whakakiriūka, pikoni, ū, pūkeke, aumangea, pukunanaiore
2. (adjective) be fair, unbiased.
Mehemea he tōkeke tētahi pāpono tūponotanga, he ōrite te tūponotanga o ia putanga. Hei tauira, he tōkeke te piu i tētahi uka nā te mea he ōrite te tūponotanga o te whiore me te upoko (TRP 2010:292). / The probability of an event is said to be fair if the probability of all outcomes is the same. For example, tossing a coin is a fair event because the probability of a head or tail is equal (TRP 2010:293).
3. (modifier) unswerving, unyielding, unbending, adamant, resolute, just, impartial, equitable, fair.
Kore rawa e taea te kī he tangata tōkeke a Hāpimana (TTR 1996:182). / It cannot be said that Chapman was impartial.
4. (noun) fairness, equity, equitableness, impartiality, strictness, equality.
Ko ngā kupu poroporoaki mōna, e whakahua ana i te tōkeke o tōna ngākau tapatahi me tōna whakaaro pai ki te Pākehā (TTR 1994:119). / The obituary for him recalled his strict integrity and goodwill towards the Pākehā.
