tama
1. (noun) son, boy, nephew.
I kite te kaumātua nei i te whakakaraunatanga o tētahi o āna tama hei kīngi mō Kirihi, ko tētahi he kāwana nō Kiriti (TP 2/1906:4). / This old man saw the crowning of one of his sons as King of Greece, and one son is Governor of Crete.
Synonyms: irāmutu, tamaiti whakaangi
2. (personal noun) boy, son - term of address to a boy or a man younger than the speaker.
Kātahi ka mea taku whāea ki a au, "Me haere koe, e tama." (HP 1991:48). / Then my mother said to me, "You should go, son."
