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.”
Synonyms: haihana meiha