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tāia - to be dumped, struck, beaten, thumped, thrown down, tackled, overcome, (pass of tā)

Tāia, ad. By and by. Taia e haramai ki konei (M. 367). = taria.

Williams Dictionary

Taiā. 1. a. Neap, of the tide.

2. n. Outer palisade of a pa.

taitaiā, a. Unlucky in fishing, etc.

Williams Dictionary

Kei te tāia te pepa e te kaituhi.
The paper is being printed by the author.
Passive sentences - tikina...

I tāia ia e te moe.
He was overcome by sleep.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kāore te pepa i te tāia e te kaituhi.
The paper is not being printed by the author.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Tāia pikitia.
Print your picture.

#111: Right, let's go then!
#141: In the time of the ancestors
#13: That person is going
#9: I'm very sick
#139: My father is from Napier
#105: I have not yet eaten crocodile meat
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