pātiki

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *paa-tiki (“flounder, flatfish”). Cognate with Hawaiian pākiʻi (“flatfish”).

Noun

pātiki

  1. flounder

Derived terms

  • pātiki mohoao
  • pātiki rori
  • pātiki tōtara

Descendants

  • → English: patiki

Verb

pātiki

  1. (stative) to be flat, to be level

Further reading

  • “pātiki” 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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