Results for 'tīkanga'
tikanga - reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)
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.
Williams Dictionary
Kaua e takahi tikanga.
Do not disregard customs.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...
Ka kimihia tētahi tikanga, e kitea ai he moni.
A plan will be sought whereby money will be found.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E kimihia ana he tikanga.
A plan is/was being sought.
Passive sentences - tikina...
E kimihia ana he tikanga e ngā āpiha.
A plan is being sought by the officials.
Passive sentences - tikina...
Tōna tikanga, me hōmai ngā tuhinga roa āpōpō, engari, taku aroha ki a koutou, e pai ana kia hōmai ā tērā wiki.
Strictly speaking, you should hand in your essays tomorrow, but out of the kindness of my heart, I'll let you do it next week.
He aha te tikanga o te raiti whero?
What does the red light mean?
What? - He aha?
He aha te tikanga o te raiti kākāriki?
What does the green light mean?
What? - He aha?
He aha ērā tikanga?
What are those customs?
What? - He aha?
He aha te tikanga o tēnā?
What does that mean?
What? - He aha?
Kāore i a au te tikanga.
My hands are tied.
E tahuri te pā i tētahi tikanga mātau.
The pā will fall because of a cunning plan.
Kimihia he tikanga!
Look for a way!
Nā reira, māku e kawe ai tō tātou nei tikanga, kia tīmata ai tō tātou nei kaupapa, tō tātou nei karaihe, i te pai, i te ora, i te hari.
Therefore, I will carry out our customs, so that our purpose, our class, may begin in goodness, in wellbeing, and in happiness.
Mai rā anō e pēnei ana ā mātou tikanga.
Our customs have always been like this.
Kia mahara ki ēnei tikanga ana haere ki te moana ki te mahi kai, hī ika rānei.
Remember these customs when you go to the sea to find food, or to fish.
Ko wai e rata ana ki ngā tikanga hou nei?
Who likes/ Who’s a fan of these new procedures?
Me tā tātou whai i ngā tikanga a rātou mā.
as well as in our pursuit of our ancestral traditions.
Kua takoto te tikanga kia tukuna atu tetahi tangata herehere ki a rātou i te hākari.
The custom had been established that one prisoner should be released to them at the feast.
Continuous: E kimihia ana te tikanga.
A plan is being sought.
Ko te manaakitanga tētehi tikanga nui o te Māori.
Hospitality is a major tradition of Māori people.
I tōna tikanga ko Pita tana ingoa.
It is her intention that his name will be Peter.
tikanga Māori.
Maori etiquette.
E kimihia ana te tikanga e ngā āpiha.
A plan is/was being sought by the officials.
Kei reira tōna ake reo, ana ake tikanga.
That part has its own language and its own customs.
Mā ēnei tikanga hoki ka ngāwari ai ngā ara, ngā huarahi, mō ā.tātou tamariki e whai ana, e rapu ana rānei i te mātauranga o te Pākehā.
In this manner you will ease the way for our children as they seek the knowledge of the Pākehā.
Kua mōhio mai au ki tēnei tikanga mō te tekau tau.
I have known this custom for ten years.
Kei te kimihia e rātou he tikanga e ea ai ngā wawata
A plan is being sought by them for achieving their desires
E oti ai tēnā mahi i te wā tika, me whakaaro ake he tikanga.
In order to finish that job in time, you should develop a plan.
Te tikanga, me kōrero kia tika.
Supposedly, one should talk correctly.
Ko te tikanga tēnei o tana hakiraratanga i a ia.
This is the way he insulted her.
Ka mōhio ngā tāngata ki ngā tīkanga.
The people know the protocol.
Ka mōhio | ngā tāngata | ki ngā tikanga.
The people know the protocol.
Kia ora, kia ora! He kamupene hāpai i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.
Thank you, thank you! It is a company that elevates the language and its customs.
E ono tekau tau tōna pakeke, ka ū ia ki ngā tikanga Māori i a ia i te māra.
She is 60 years old. She is resolute in Māori customs in the garden.
Ko te tikanga nui ka karakia ia i mua i āna mahi i te māra.
The main one is that she does karakia before working in the garden.
Kei a wai te tikanga?
Who is it up to?
Kei a koe te tikanga.
It is up to you.
Ko te take tēnā i hanga ai te tikanga hōu.
That was the reason why the new arrangement was made.
He tikanga anō nō te tāne, he tikanga anō nō te wahine.
Men have their ways, and women have their ways.
Ka whai kōrero ngā koroua kēkē i runga i te tikanga Māori.
The elders made speeches in (in accord with) Māori custom.
Ka mōhio ngā tāngata ki ngā tikanga.
The people know the protocol.
Heoi anō, ka whakaae mātou ki tēnei tikanga hou.
In conclusion, we agree to this new plan.
E tino rata ana au ki te iwi o reira. – Tō rātou āhua, ā rātou tikanga – ngā mea katoa.
I really like the people from there – how they act, their customs – everything about them.
