1 te kupu i kitea mō "(ko) te/tōna tikanga"

• (ko) te/tōna tikanga

  supposedly, it would seem, strictly speaking, by rights, it's supposed to be like this - an idiom used to make an assertion or to state that something was supposed to take place or have taken place.   Ko te tikanga kua tae kē mai te waka rererangi i te hāpāhi i te rima karaka i te ahiahi.The plane was supposed to have arrived at 5.30 p.m. (Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 140;) See also te tikanga, tikanga, tōna tikanga.