Week 12 Term 1: "tika" (true)

tika
1. (stative) be correct, straight, true, direct, keep on a direct course, upright, right, just, fair, accurate, appropriate, lawful, proper.
2. (noun) truth, correctness, directness, justice, fairness, righteousness.

You can say a pupil's answer is "tika" (correct), or talk about their behaviour not being "tika" (fair/just) for the rest of the class.

Extension: 
the prefix "whaka-" means "to cause something to happen".
Hence

• with rongo (hear): "whakarongo" - to cause to hear (i.e. to listen)
• with kite (see): "whakakite" - to cause to see (i.e. to display or show)

You can use this with "tika".

• whakatika: to cause to be correct / true / right / appropriate / proper - "to correct or fix".