Pātiki. 1. n. Rhombosolea plebia, sand flounder. E hoki te patiki ki tona puehutanga (P. 4). Pātiki totara, R. leporina, yellow flounder;pātiki mohoao, R. retiaria, river or black flounder. Pātiki rori, Peltorhamphus novae-zeelandiae, sole. = tarore, pakeke. Ihu patiki, a nose with a flat bridge. Te Patiki, the Coalsack, a dark patch in the sky near the Southern Cross.
2. Fan to keep flies from a corpse. = patungaro, papakirango.
3. a. Flat, in describing a nose. He patiki te ihu.
whakapātiki, n. A pattern in weaving mats, girdles, etc.; also in painting rafters of a house
Williams Dictionary
