tikanga

Borrowed from Maori tikanga.

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtikʌŋʌ/, /ˈtikʌŋə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːkaŋə/

tikanga (countable and uncountable, plural tikangas or tikanga)

1. (New Zealand) A custom, value or principle, especially of the Maori people. [from 19th c.]
   • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 236:

     Male primogeniture was still the concept most often ratified by tikanga.

• tikanga Maori

• Taikang

From tika +‎ -nga.

tikanga

1. custom, convention, correct manner of doing things
2. traditional lore and protocols
3. reason, purpose
4. meaning