taitaiā
1. (modifier) unlucky, hapless, unfortunate, luckless.
Mahue iho ana i a ia te hunga tamariki noa ake i a ia; me kī tonu ko āna kaimahi taitaiā tonu ka mahue noa i a ia ki muri autō mai ai (TTR 1996:108). / He left behind people much younger than him, and it should be said his hapless staff were also left trailing in his wake.
3. (verb) (-a) to perform a tapu removal ceremony.
Ka taitaia te waka (NM 1928:94). / Then the tapu removal ritual was performed over the canoe.
4. (noun) wrestling.
I te tākaro mamau, arā i te taitai, i riro i a au te toa (HP 1991:39). / In wrestling I was the champion.
5. (noun) brush.
