tā
1. (verb) to breathe, take breath, rest - usually used with manawa, e.g. tā te manawa.
Ka whati te whatinga; kore rawa i tā te manawa o Ngā Puhi, o Ngāti Kahungunu; e toru ngā whakahoki, kore rawa i tārū (JPS 1900:69). / The enemy retreated, but Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Kahungunu never stopped to take breath. There were three times the enemy turned on them, but Ngā Puhi never stopped.
Synonyms: tāoki, okioki, pae, whakanā, whakangā, whakatā, taupua, whakamatua
2. (noun) wind.
I rere atu te puke rā i Kuipeka, i te 17, he tā tika i reira, he muri hauāuru, mau tonu taua kōmurimuri i te awa o Hana Ranena, ā, te Koru (TKM 17/6/1852:2). / The ship left Quebec about the 17th with a light favourable wind from the westward, which continued with her down the St Lawrence to the Gulf.
