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tatao

1. (noun) second (or sometimes third) person slain in a battle.

Tokorua ngā mātāika te tahi, tokorua ngā tatao (JPS 1923:234). / In the first attack there were two who were the mātāika (first to fall) then another two were the tatao (the second to fall).

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2. (noun) younger sibling, younger brother or sister of a first-born child.

E hia ōu tatao? (W 1971:380). / How many younger brothers and sister do you have?

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taina

1. (noun) younger brother (of a male), younger sister (of a female), cousin (of same gender from a junior branch of the family).

Nā taku taina, nā Rihimona Whaanga, au i whakaako ki te kauhoe (HP 1991:20). / My junior cousin, Rihimona Whaanga, taught me to swim.

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tēina

1. (noun) younger brothers (of a male), younger sisters (of a female), cousins (of the same gender) of a junior line, junior relatives – plural form of teina.

Tokorima ngā tēina o Rīria, ā, tokotoru ōna tungāne (TTR 1996:22). / Rīria had five younger sisters and three brothers.

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teina

1. (noun) younger brother (of a male), younger sister (of a female), cousin (of the same gender) of a junior line, junior relative.

E 25 ōna tau, ko tōna teina 17 ōna tau (TKO 15/2/1916:9). / He is 25 years old and his younger brother is 17.

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tāina

1. (noun) younger brothers (of a male), younger sisters (of a female), cousins (of same gender from a more junior branch of the family).

Ki te whakaae ngā tāina me tō rātou tuahine me ō rātou mātua me ngā hapū, me ngā iwi o te whaea, o te pāpā rānei, ka noho ēnei karanga ki runga ki a Pape he ariki mātāmua ia nō ēnā hapū me ēnā uri (JPS 1909:90). / If his younger brothers, their sister, their parents, and the hapū and iwi of the mother or father consent, he is made first-born ariki of those hapū and descendants.

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Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikau Te

1. (personal name) (?-1862) Ngāti Tūwharetoa; warrior and younger brother of Mananui whom he succeeded as ariki. He supported the establishment of the Kīngitanga and Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as King. In this illustration by George Angus, Iwikau is standing behind his elder brother Mananui.

Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui Te

1. (personal name) (?-1846) Ngāti Tūwharetoa; ariki and warrior who succeeded Herea and became an important leader of his time. He died in a landslide that engulfed Te Rapa, the village where he lived. In this illustration by George Angus, Mananui is seated in front of his younger brother, Iwikau.

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Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikau Te

Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui Te

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