Tiaina
1. (loan) (location) China.
Nā, muri mai o tērā pakanga, ka ara ake ko te whakaaro o Rūhia ki te tango, ki te muru i ngā wāhi hei takotoranga pū o roto o te rohe o te whenua o Tiaina (TJ 11/1/1898:6). / After that war, the idea came to Russia to take and plunder areas of Chinese territories to place their guns.
tia
1. (verb) (-ina,-na,-a) to stick in, drive in (pegs, etc.), adorn (with a feather, etc.), take a vigorous stroke (in paddling).
Kātahi te tamāhine ka tahuri ki te tātai i a ia, nā ka heru i a ia, nā ka rākei i a ia ki ōna kaitaka, ka tia hoki i tōna māhunga ki te raukura - ko ngā raukura he huia, he kōtuku, he toroa, ka oti (NM 1928:198). / Then the daughter set about adorning herself, placing a comb in her hair, dressing herself in fine kaitaka cloaks, and placing feather plumes in her hair - feather plumes of huia, white heron and albatross feathers, and then she was finished.
tia
1. (loan) (verb) (-ina) to steer, steering.
He tino tangata tika atu ēnei kia noho tahi i roto i te whare whakahaere tikanga, hei tia i te waka o te iwi Māori i ēnei tai tūātea kia whiti atu ki tētahi taunga marino (TP 3/1909:11). / These are the best people to stay together in the house to organise procedures to steer the canoe of the Māori people in these foamy seas so that we cross to a calm anchorage.
