pia
1. (noun) apprentice, novice, trainee, postgraduate student - traditionally the first order of learners being initiated in esoteric lore.
He pia i te tīmatanga, kia mātau haere kua tāura (PK 2008:630). / He's a novice at the start but when he becomes more learned he's a tāura.
Synonyms: ika tauhou, tangata ihu hūpē, tauhou, ihu hūpē