Where does “tikanga” come from?
tikanga (English) comes from Maori tikanga, from Maori tika, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tika.
tikanga (English): Maori customs and traditions
Definitions
- Maori customs and traditions
Ancestry of “tikanga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Maori | tikanga | custom, convention, correct manner of doing... |
| 2 | Maori | tika | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eastern Polynesian | *tika | — |