tuakiri
1. (noun) person, personality, identity.
Ko ngā kōrero tuaukiuiki i puta i aua tohu ngā tohu o te tuakiri o te tamaiti (HM 3/2009:10). / The ancient stories are associated with those landmarks, the symbols of the child's identity.
Synonyms: whakatangata, kiri, tinana, tangata, kōhī, tawhiti, whaiaro, kōiwi, tuatangata
2. (noun) wall (of a house).
Pakipaki kau au ki te tuakiri o te whare (M 2004:224). / I beat in vain against the wall of the house (M 2004:225).
2. (modifier) wounded (in battle).
Ko te hiwi i pikitia nei e mātau, e horahora ana te hunga tūākiri me te hunga mate, ānō kua āta ruingia te whenua ki te tinana tangata (TPH 15/1/1900:7). / The wounded and the dead were spread out over the hill we climbed as though the land had been carefully sown with bodies.
3. (noun) wound, injury.
I tae māua ki ngā hōhipera ki te tirotiro i ngā tamariki. Ka nui te pai o ngā mea e māmā ana ngā tūākiri, ko ētahi anō he hanga aroha - kua kore te ringa, te waewae (TKO 12/5/1918:12). / We arrived at the hospitals to look at the children. The ones who had minor injuries were really well, but it was sad for others - they no longer had a hand or a leg.
ia
1. (noun) current, flow.
Ka rongo atu a Te Kawau-a-toru, kātahi ka kī atu, “Tēnā, kāore rānei koutou i kite i tētehi whenua kaha te ia o te moana? Inahoki a Raukawa, ko te ingoa noa iho i rahi, kāore i kaha te ia.” (JPS 1893:147). / When Te Kawau-a-toru heard this he said, “Well, have you ever seen a land in which the current of the sea is very strong? As for Raukawa, its name alone is great, but its currents have no strength.”
2. (noun) affirmed gender.
3. (noun) cadence, beat, rhythm - of a haka.
Ka kōrero koe mō te rangi o te waiata, ka kōrero koe mō te ia o te haka (Wh4 2004:73). / One talks about the 'rangi' (tune) of a song but the 'ia' (cadence) of a haka.
Synonyms: whakaauau, manawataki, ūngeri, whakataki, mita
4. (noun) trend.
E kitea mai ana te ia o te pānga, arā, ka pakeke haere te tamaiti, ka tāroaroa haere (TRP 2010:139). / The trend in the relationship can be seen, that is, as the child grows older she becomes taller.
