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pia - beer

Pia (i), n. 1. Gum of trees, or any similar exudation. Pia manuka, a white sugary exudation from Leptospermum scoparium. ‖ kupia.

2. Heptatretus cirratus, hagfish or blind eel. = napia, tuere.

Williams Dictionary

Pia (ii), n. The first order of learners being initiated in esoteric lore. Ngau atu ki ona taura, ngau atu ki ona pia (K.).

piapia, a. Glairy, viscid.

Williams Dictionary

I te inumanga o te pia, ka hauranga rātou.
On drinking the beer, they got drunk.
Simple sentences: past tense - i te

Kaua e kai pia ngaungau ki te kura.
Don't chew gum at school.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

Kua inu pia koe?
Have you been drinking beer?
Gerund phrases (fence building, bread baking, dishes washing...) - tunu parāoa...

Kāore e āhei te inu pia, te kai paipa rānei, i konei.
Drinking or smoking is not allowed here.
Allowed to do something - āhei

He pia nō tāwāhi ēnei momo inu.
These drinks are foreign beers.

Ka pai ia ki tāna pia.
He likes his beer.

E kai pia ana ngā taurekareka rā
those scoundrels are drinking beer

I inu pia a Rangi, kātahi ka haurangi ia, kātahi ka ruaki ia.
Rangi drank beer, then he got drunk, then he threw up.

I inu pia a Rangi, ka haurangi ai ia, ka ruaki ai ia.
Rangi drank beer, and then/as a result he got drunk, and then/as a result he threw up.

He pia nō tāwāhi ēnei momo inu
These drinks (by me) are foreign beers

Heoi anō tāna he kai pia.
All he does is drink beer.

#13: That person is going
#86: You're eating what?!
#164: I am careful about eating sugar lest I die of diabetes
#32: Rangi was sick but now he is well
#207: I am going to the house where I live
#201: The reason why something will happen
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