tikanga
/ˈtiːkaŋə/noun
tikanga is a noun meaning “A custom, value or principle, especially of the Maori people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-I-K-A-N-G-A, and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tikanga is tikangas.
What does tikanga mean?
noun
- 1
A custom, value or principle, especially of the Maori people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tikanga?
- /ˈtikʌŋʌ/
- /ˈtikʌŋə/
- UK /ˈtiːkaŋə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tikanga
- tikangas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tikanga?
Tikanga appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does tikanga come from?
Borrowed from Māori tikanga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).