mātakitaki
Maori
[edit]Verb
[edit]mātakitaki
- 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.
Noun
[edit]mātakitaki
- 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.