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kerikaki

Bingham

kérikaaki

vi. to draw back, to withdraw.
n. a drawing back, a withdrawal.

Sabatier

kerikaki

v. to draw back, to retire, to retreat, to resign, to abdicate.
red. kekerikaki.
n. te kerikaki: retirement, resignation, abdication, retreat, etc.
vt. kakerikaka: to cause to..., to put down, to depose, to dismiss, to pay off, to repel, to force back.

Words that link here

  • kakerikaka to push back, to make go back, to make recede.
  • kekerikaki frequentative of kerikaki to draw back, to withdraw.
  • rikaki to turn back, to return, to quit, to go home, to desert.