Tiamana
1. (loan) (location) Germany.
Nō te tau 1972, i whai atu hoki a Huata i ōna hoa ika ā-whiro o te Ope Taua 28 (Māori) o Aotearoa ki Mainz i Tiamana, ki te huinga whakatōpū anō a te Afrika Korps (TTR 2000:85). / In 1972 Huata accompanied his friends and veterans of the 28 Māori Battalion to Mainz in Germany, to the reunion of the Afrika Korps.
See also Tiamani
2. (loan) (modifier) German.
I te huihuinga tākuta, kīia ana, mā ngā kaukaunga Tiamana e pai ai (TW 14/6/1875:95). / At a medical consultation, it was decided that a course of German baths would be beneficial.
3. (loan) (personal noun) Germany.
Ehara i te mea ko Merika anake te iwi noho-waenga kua whakahē nei ki tēnei mahi a Tiamana, katoa ngā iwi noho-waenga kua riri katoa, ā ko te Pāniora rāua ko te Hainamana ngā mea kua tino kaha te whakahē, ā tērā pea e whawhai ki a Tiamana mehemea ka mau tonu te tikanga a Tiamana mō te whakatotohu noa i ō rātau nei tima i te moana (KO 15/4/1887:6). / It is not as if it is only America that is neutral having condemmed this activity of Germany, but all the neutral nations are angry, and the Spanish and the Chinese are vociferous in their criticism and are likely to fight Germany if Germany continue to sink their ships at sea.
4. (loan) (noun) German.
Mehemea, he Wīwī rānei, he Tiamana rānei te Kāwanatanga e tū nei, e kore rawa a ia, a Tawiti, e tautoko i ā rātou kupu (TW 26/10/1878:531). / Whether the government now in office is Frenchmen or Germans he, Tawiti, would not uphold what they had to say.
