Tāna
1. (loan) (personal name) Turner.
Ko ngā poti ēnei i tō rātou angaanga mai – ko te 'Hiripi', nō Te Tāna; ko te 'Wikini', nō Te Winari; ko 'Here', nō Here Waiti; ko te 'Tara', no Te Karani, he āpiha hōia (TKM 30/1/1851:2). / These are the boats in the order they arrived: the Sylph owned by Mr Turner; the Vixen owned by Lieut. Wynyard; Jerry belonging to Jerry Waite; the Petrel belonging to Lieutenant Grant.
2. (determiner) his, hers.
3. (determiner) he/she have, she/he own.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 108-110;)
4. Used in these ways listed above when the possessor has control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-56, 140-141;)
tana
1. (determiner) his, her - when talking of one thing. A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike tāna and tōna. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 108-110; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
See also tona
ngana
1. his, her - when talking of more than one thing. A variation in the Tainui dialect of ana. A possessive determiner that is the plural of tana and must be followed by a noun, unlike āna and ōna. This is the neutral or informal form.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 52-56, 108-110;)
E kowhetetia ana tētehi akomanga e te māhita mō te kore i whakarongo ki ngana tohutohu (HKKT 2011:19). / A class is being admonished by the teacher for not listening to his instructions.
See also ana
Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āika
1. (personal name) (1895-1967) Ngāi Tahu; farmer, marine engineer, Rātana leader and politician who entered Parliament in 1932 and was knighted in 1960.
I whānau a Edward James Te Āika Tregerthen – nō muri iho ka karangatia ko Eruera Tīhema Tirikātene – i te 5 o Hānuere i te tau 1895, i te pā o Te Rakiwhakaputa e pātata atu rā ki Kaiapoi (TTR 1998:75). / Edward James Te Āika Tregerthen, later known as Eruera Tīhema Tirikātene, was born on 5 January 1895 at Te Rakiwhakaputa pā near Kaiapoi.
