tīeke

See also: tieke

Maori

Alternative forms
  • tiieke

Noun

tīeke

  1. saddleback (Philesturnus spp.)

References
  • Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 137
  • Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 171: “Tíeke, s. The name of a bird. A black mat.”
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