Tiamana
1. (loan) (location) Germany.
Nō te tau 1972, i whai atu hoki a Huata i ōna hoa ika ā-whiro o te Ope Taua 28 (Māori) o Aotearoa ki Mainz i Tiamana, ki te huinga whakatōpū anō a te Afrika Korps (TTR 2000:85). / In 1972 Huata accompanied his friends and veterans of the 28 Māori Battalion to Mainz in Germany, to the reunion of the Afrika Korps.
See also Tiamani
2. (loan) (modifier) German.
I te huihuinga tākuta, kīia ana, mā ngā kaukaunga Tiamana e pai ai (TW 14/6/1875:95). / At a medical consultation, it was decided that a course of German baths would be beneficial.
3. (loan) (personal noun) Germany.
Ehara i te mea ko Merika anake te iwi noho-waenga kua whakahē nei ki tēnei mahi a Tiamana, katoa ngā iwi noho-waenga kua riri katoa, ā ko te Pāniora rāua ko te Hainamana ngā mea kua tino kaha te whakahē, ā tērā pea e whawhai ki a Tiamana mehemea ka mau tonu te tikanga a Tiamana mō te whakatotohu noa i ō rātau nei tima i te moana (KO 15/4/1887:6). / It is not as if it is only America that is neutral having condemmed this activity of Germany, but all the neutral nations are angry, and the Spanish and the Chinese are vociferous in their criticism and are likely to fight Germany if Germany continue to sink their ships at sea.
4. (loan) (noun) German.
Mehemea, he Wīwī rānei, he Tiamana rānei te Kāwanatanga e tū nei, e kore rawa a ia, a Tawiti, e tautoko i ā rātou kupu (TW 26/10/1878:531). / Whether the government now in office is Frenchmen or Germans he, Tawiti, would not uphold what they had to say.
2. (loan) (personal noun) Germany - a country in central Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.
3. (loan) (noun) German.
…ko tōna mōhio ki te kōrero i ngā reo maha, arā, Tiamani, Wīwī, Ingarihi, Ārapi, Tāke, Itāriana, me tō Pāhia (TP 11/1908:8). / …and his knowledge at speaking many languages, that is, German, French, English, Arabic, Turkish, Italian, and that of Persia.
See also Tiamana
Puruhia
1. (loan) (location) Prussia - a former kingdom of Germany which grew to cover much of Germany and become a major European power. It ceased to exist after the First World War.
...ā e titiro mākutu tonu ana a Puruhia ki ngā iwi i mahia nei e ia ki āna mahi riri (TW 22/6/1878:310/2). / And Prussia is carefully watching those countries which it subjected to war.
Hītara
1. (loan) (personal name) Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Austrian-born Nazi leader, Chancellor of Germany 1933-1945.
Ko Itari kua kuhu ki raro i te mana o Hītara (TAH 30:22). / Italy has come under the Hitler's control.
See also Hītera
māka
1. (loan) (noun) Deutschmark - formerly the basic unit of currency in Germany.
Ko te moni a te Tiamana he māka. I muri mai o te whawhai tino heke te wāriu o te māka, tata tonu ka kore rawa he wāriu (TTT 1/12/1926:507). / The currency of the Germans is the Deutschmark. After the war the value of the Deutschmark really declined, its value being almost nothing.
