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

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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