tia
Bingham
tía
va. completed, finished, done.
n. a boundarym a limit,.
a fish,the.
a fish,the.
vi. (an auxillary verb) oh that, would that.
var. b - t.
Sabatier
tia
aux. te tia: the one who. kind of attribute showing state, profession, doer.
ex.
- te tia makuri: worker, artisan.
- te tia kewe: liar.
plural. tan.
ex. tan reirei: teachers.
tia1
aux. v. before a verb, means past, definitive, terminated.
ex. I a tia n amarake: I have eatenI a tia n noriko: I saw you before.
see next word.
tia2
n. tian te: end, termination, accomplishment.
a. finished, terminated, complete, accomplished.
vc. katia, kakatia, katiatia, katitia: to finish, to complete, to terminate, to accomplish.
ex.
- katiako! take your time! finish what you are doing.
- katiai! let me finish. wait till...
tia3
n. te tia: boundary, limit, term, border, frontier.
ex. te moan tia: undercut (fish, meat).
a. aontia ma: be limitrophe with... <adjacent to>.
syn. i-tiatia.
v. kateitia, katea te tia: to fix the limits, to set up boundary stones.
nv. toutia: reconnaissance, <survey>, fixing of limits (land).
au tia: to pull out, destroy boundary marks.
au tia: to pull out, destroy boundary marks.
idiom.
- akea tiana (akea tokina): without limit, without end, eternal.
- e roko n tiana te tia: there is an end to everything.
ex. tia ma toki: end of all, the absolute sovereign, supreme, absolute, nothing above or beyond.
tia4
n. te tia: medusa, jelly fish.
Luomala
tia
sn. Coelenterate.
n. jellyfish.
Topics: Fish, Shells and sea creatures, Ethnobotany (Luomala)