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.”