2. (determiner) each - when repeated, or repeated with its phrase.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 90-91;)
I peka atu te pirimia ki tērā marae, ki tērā marae. / The Prime Minister visited each marae.
3. (determiner) the other, that other, last, next - used of time either before or after the present.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 30, 46;)
Ka haere māua ko Te Rauhina ki Tāmaki-mākau-rau ā tērā wiki. / Te Rauhina and I are going to Auckland next week.
Synonyms: ā tērā, mātāmuri, nō tērā, i tērā, whakamutunga, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku, ukauka
4. (interjection) then.
Te taenga ki te one i Tīrau tērā ka kitea mai e ngā toro (JPS 1911:22). / They reached the beach at Tīrau and then they were sighted by the scouts.
5. (interjection) there, yonder.
Tērā te kāhu e ātiu ana i runga rā (PK 2008:40). / There is the swamp harrier soaring up above.
Tēra
1. (loan) (personal name) Taylor.
Ko au, ko Tākuta Tēra, ka kī atu nei ki ngā iwi katoa o Tūranga, puta noa ki Waiapu, ki te takiwā ki ngā iwi o taua takiwā, kei Kihipene nei ahau e noho ana, hei mahi i ngā mate katoa o ngā tūroro Māori (TW 22/6/1878:309) / I, Doctor Taylor, inform all the tribes of Gisborne, and right up to Waiapu, the district and all the people of that district, that I am living in Gisborne, to deal with all maladies afflicting Māori patients.
nō tērā
1. last - when followed by words like pō, wiki, marama, tau, rautau and the days of the week.
Nō tērā marama pānuitia ai ngā tūranga hou e rua (HM 4/1992:5). / Last month two new positions were advertised.
Synonyms: whakamutunga, mātāmuri, i tērā, ukauka, tērā, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku
tērā pea
1. perhaps, possibly, maybe, there is a possibility - a form used when placing pea at the beginning of a sentence or phrase.
ā tērā
1. next - when followed by words like pō, wiki, marama, tau and rautau.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 46;)
Synonyms: tērā
i tērā
1. last - when followed by words like pō, wiki, marama, tau and rautau.
I tērā tau i whakarauikatia e te Taura Whiri ngā whenua o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mō ngā take e pā ana ki ō rātou ake reo (HM 2/1992:1). / Last year the Māori Language Commission called together the countries of the Pacific Ocean to exchange ideas about matters concerning their indigenous languages.
Synonyms: whakamutunga, mātāmuri, nō tērā, ukauka, tērā, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku
(ko) tēnā tēnā/(ko) tērā tērā
1. that's that - a saying to indicate the speaker considers a matter is settled.
See also tēnā, tēnā
atu i tērā
1. (particle) beyond that, apart from that.
Atu i tērā he utu paku noa anō tāna mai i ētahi whenua rīhi (TTR 1998:189). / Apart from that he also had a small income from some leased land.
See also atu
mā tērā ka aha?
1. what would that solve? what will that solve? what would that achieve? - a kīwaha to question the value of doing something.
Mā tērā ka aha i te mea kāore he mana o ngā Māori ki te tuku kē i ērā whenua i te mea ko te kāwanatanga kē te kaitiaki. / What would that achieve because we have no authority to cede those lands because the government are the guardians.
See also mā tēnā ka aha?