tio
1. (verb) (-a) to be sharp, piercing (of the cold).
I te roa e tioa ana e te mātaratara, ka poroa ngā matimati o tana waewae mauī (PK 2008:931). / Because he was so long exposed to the intense cold, the toes of his left foot were amputated.
Synonyms: ratarata, hīmoemoe, kokoi, aneane, ngutu atamai, whakakoikoi, piki, pīrata, koi, naho
2. (modifier) freezing.
Mehemea kāhore e utua ngā nama, ka ākina rātou ki tētahi whenua e noho pūmautia ana e te huka, ā, whawhati ana ō rātou wheua i te hukapapa tio (TTR 1994:186). / If they did not pay they would be sent to an ice-bound country where their bones would crack from the freezing cold.
3. (noun) ice, freezing cold.
Kia mātaratara i runga, kia mātaratara i raro, kia ao ake te rā, he tio, he keho, he hauhunga (TMT 2/9/1861:23). / Let it be intensely cold above and below, let the day dawn with freezing cold, ice and frost.
4. (noun) rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata - a bivalve mollusc found cemented to rocks below high tide. Because of its clustering habit it assumes varied shapes. Found only on the northern coast of the North Island.
Ko ā rāua tio mā tāua mō te Kirihimete (TWK 11:21). / Their rock oysters will be for you and me for Christmas.
See also tio repe
Synonyms: tio repe, matapura, tōrire, hānea, karahiwa, kararuri, karekawa, kawari, koeo, koeti, koriakai, korohiwa, korona, kororiwha, kūpā, marapeka, matamatangongo, mātangata, matatangata, kōramu
5. (noun) rough tree fern, Dicksonia squarrosa - native, medium-sized tree fern with a slender, often branching, trunk covered with black, peg-like remains of fallen fronds. Few fronds that spread horizontally with a few persistent brown dead fronds.
