Rūhia
1. (loan) (location) Russia, USSR - a country in northern Asia and eastern Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70, 155;)
I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.
2. (loan) (modifier) Russian.
Ngā herehere Rūhia kei Tiapani, 10 tianara, 70 kānara me ngā meiha (TP 5/1905:6). / The Russian prisoners in Japan include 10 generals, 70 colonels and majors.
3. (loan) (noun) Russian.
Ko te tangata nei he Rūhia, kāore e mōhio ki te reo Wīwī (TJ 2/8/1898:2). / This man was a Russian who didn’t know the French language.
