tia
1. (loan) (verb) (-ina) to steer, steering.
He tino tangata tika atu ēnei kia noho tahi i roto i te whare whakahaere tikanga, hei tia i te waka o te iwi Māori i ēnei tai tūātea kia whiti atu ki tētahi taunga marino (TP 3/1909:11). / These are the best people to stay together in the house to organise procedures to steer the canoe of the Māori people in these foamy seas so that we cross to a calm anchorage.
