Riki (pl. ririki), a. 1. Small. Te whare tena i titaria ai nga ika riki nei (M. 324). Mana e whakarewa te ika whetu riki ka rewa kei runga (M.M. 198). Me i kore he atua nui o namata, e kore e whai atua ririki nga maori (M. lxxvii).
2. Few. Mo nga haere riki a te tane (M. 159).
3. Dark.
rikiriki. 1. a. In small portions, in fragments
2. Gloomy.
3. ad. intensive. Altogether, exceedingly, Ka mahora rikiriki tatou.—Kauaka ra taku tau e kainga rikirikitia (M. 406). Ka pau te whakarato ki te ahi kai rikiriki (M. 37). Katahi ka tino ngau rikiriki rawa te whakaaro o Rautao kia ea te mate o tona matua (W. v, 61). Tangi rikiriki ana te wahine (The woman weeps inconsolably).
4. v.i. Be broken in pieces. Taku ngakau i rikiriki, taku ngakau i whatiwhati.
whakarikiriki, a. Taciturn, sullen, gloomy.
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