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tikanga

  • /ˈtikʌŋʌ/ New Zealand
  • /ˈtikʌŋə/ New Zealand
  • /ˈtiːkaŋə/ UK

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Borrowed from Māori tikanga.

noun tikangas · tikanga

  1. New Zealand, countable, uncountable A custom, value or principle, especially of the Maori people. Male primogeniture was still the concept most often ratified by tikanga.

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"tikanga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tikanga. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tikanga. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tikanga

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"tikanga." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tikanga.

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@misc{tikanga_2026,
  title = {tikanga},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tikanga},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}