mātakitaki

Maori

Etymology

Partial reduplication of mātaki.

Verb

mātakitaki (passive mātakitakinia or mātakitakitia)

  1. watch, gaze, inspect, examine, observe
    Ka mutu te harirū, ka haere a Tā Hōri Kerei ki te mātakitaki i te whare i mahia ai mōna e Te Mānihera.
    When the handshakes had finished Sir George Grey went to inspect the house that Mr Maunsell had built for him.

Derived terms

Noun

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mātakitaki

  1. inspection, observation, sightseeing
    Ka mutu tēnā mahi a te mātakitaki, ka hoki ki tō mātou puni.
    When the sightseeing was finished we returned to our camp.

Further reading

  • “mātakitaki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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