tira
1. (noun) travelling party, company of travellers, troupe, choir, ray, beam.
Ahakoa ana kupu whakatītina mai i mōhio tonu au e kore au e kaha, nō reira noho ana ko ia hei māngai mō mātou o tō mātou nā tira (HM 4/2009:1). / Despite his words of encouragement I knew I would not be able to, and so he remained as orator for us and our party.
2. (noun) mast.
Ka pakari te pūrengi ka whakawhenua te tira (PK 2008:721). / When the guy rope was firm the mast held fast.
3. (noun) wand used in rituals.
Ka tango ia ki tana tira (he toko nā te tohunga he mea whawhati mai i te rākau mata), ka tū ngā puke, he mea ahu anō ngā onepū e ngā ringa o te tohunga (G 1853:lxxxiii). / He took his wand (a stick that the tohunga had broken off a green tree) and raised mounds, which the tohunga had also made with earth.
4. (noun) baton (of a conductor).
