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tāriana

1. (loan) (noun) stallion, boar, ram, male animal (four-legged).

He hōiho pai rawa taua hōiho, ko ōna uri kāore e taea e ngā tāriana katoa o Ahuriri nei te kaha, me te nunui (TW 17/11/1877:443). / That is an excellent horse and none of the stallions of Napier can match the strength and size of its progeny.

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Synonyms: hipi toa, tukituki

tāriana

1. (loan) (noun) sergeant.

I te mea ehara ia i te wahine Pākehā a te Ruihi Aporo, ko te tāriana o ngā pirihi te kaiwhakahaere (TJ 30/8/1898:4). / Because Louise Apollo was not a Pākehā woman, the sergeant of the police was in charge.

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Synonyms: haihana

pō tāriana

1. (loan) (noun) stag night.

tāriana meiha

1. (loan) (noun) sergeant major.

Ka tae mai te tāriana meiha, ka ui mai ki tō mātau kānara, “Nō whea koutou?” Ka kīia atu, “Nō Niu Tīreni.” (TJ 8/2/1898:3). / When the sergeant major arrived he asked our colonel, “Where are you from?” He said, “From New Zealand.”

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Synonyms: haihana meiha

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