tikitiki. 1. n. Girdle. He mea takai ahau e koe ki roto ki tou tikitiki (T. 11).
2. Topknot, in dressing the hair. Ka wewete i tona tikitiki, ka ru i ona makawe (T. 55). Sometimes more than one was worn. E wha nga tikitiki o te tama (T. 101). Kawau tikitiki, Stictocarbo punctatus, spotted shag. = kawau, pateketeke, parekareka.
3. v.t. Dress the hair in a knot. He mea heru tona mahunga, tikitiki rawa (M. Ixxxiii). Ao ake te ra ka heru ano, kātahi ano ka tikitikia, ka pania ki te hinu.
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