tiu

1. (verb) (-a) to strike at (with a weapon).

Tiua atu, tiua mai, kua hinga anō te tangata, tokorua i hinga ai (JPS 1905:74). / Stiking this way and that way, and two more men fell.

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2. (verb) (-a) to soar, wander, swing, sway to and fro.

Kātahi anō ka rere ngā manu rā, aua tonu ake, kātahi anō ka tiu ki runga ki te pā o Rākai-hiku-roa (JPS 1905:76). / Then the kites ascended a great height and soared above the pā of Rākai-hiku-roa.

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3. (noun) north, northerly wind.

E kore koe e ora, ē ī, i ngā hau o te tiu e āia nei te pūpū tara ki uta (M 2005:278). / You will not survive the northerly winds that drive the large trumpet shell ashore.

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Synonyms: hau raki, tūāraki, muri, nōta, marangai, hauraro, raki, whakararo, tokerau

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