tikanga. 1. n. Rule, plan, method. Ka rapua e ratou he tikanga hei mamingatanga ma ratou i a Kae (T. 37).
2. Custom, habit. Kotahi i tukua mai ki te toro, tona tikanga mai ano tenei o mua iho (T. 47).
3. Anything normal or usual. Kaore he tangata hei whakarite, ehara i te tikanga tangata (T. 61). E moe ana te nuinga i te tikanga o te moe (T. 167).
4. Reason. Ko te tikanga o Te Huhuti i pai ai ki a Te Whatuiapiti, he pai no Te Whatuiapiti (T. 165).
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5. Meaning, purport. Te tikanga o tena tau, he kohuru.
6. Authority, control. Kahore ona tikanga ki ena taonga.
7. a. Correct, right. He tikanga, he pononga i whankae te hotonga i te tainga wai (M. 256). ‖ pononga, pono (i).
whakatika, whātika. 1. v.t. Straighten, correct.
2. Acknowledge as right. Me whakatika atu nga whakahe mai a to matua teina, a Te Tauri (M. 231).
3. v.i. Straighten oneself. Te paunga o te hiku, ka whakatika, ka tu, ka titiro (J. xx, 23).
4. Stand up, rise up. E korero ana i te korero o te toa, whakatika mai, whakatika atu (T. 101).
5. Start, set out on a journey. Ka whakatika nga waka o te hokowhitu o Whakatau (T. 41). I te ata ka whatika te wahine ki te wero manu (T. 95).
6. n. Way, path.
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