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ātea

1. (stative) be clear, free from obstruction.

E ātea ana te whare, kāhore he tāngata o roto (W 1971:19) / The house is clear with nobody inside.

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epa ātea

1. (noun) off-break (cricket).

Synonyms: epa piki

marae ātea

1. (noun) courtyard, public forum - open area in front of the wharenui where formal welcomes to visitors takes place and issues are debated. The marae ātea is the domain of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war and people, and is thus the appropriate place to raise contentious issue.

Kei te marae ātea te pōwhiri, he mahinga anō o te auahatanga o te ao i te wehenga o Papatūānuku rāua ko Ranginui (Te Ara 2011). / The pōwhiri takes place on the area in front of the meeting house and is a re-enactment of the creation of the world through the separation of Papatūānuku (Earth) and Ranginui (sky).

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kēmu ātea

1. (noun) video game.

waka ātea

1. (noun) spacecraft.

I tangohia tēnei whakaāhua o te rerenga o Tamanui-te-rā i tētahi waka ātea (Te Ara 2013). / This image of the solar system was taken from a spacecraft.

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taupuni ātea

1. (noun) space station.

Tārarau-ātea

1. (location) Tararau-ātea - a place below the horizon where Matariki (Pleiades) disappears to at the end of the Māori year. Matariki was said to visit four places, each for seven nights. The second place visited was Tararau-ātea.

E whā ngā kāinga e haeretia ana e Matariki: (1) Maukahau, e whitu ngā pō; (2) Tārarau-ātea, e whitu ngā pō; (3) Papa-whakatangitangi, e whitu ngā pō; (4) Tītore-māhu-tū, e whitu ngā pō (TTT 1/5/1922:14). / There are four homes that the Pleiades travels to: (1) Maukahau, for seven nights; (2) Tārarau-ātea, for seven nights; (3) Papa-whakatangitangi, for seven nights; and (4) Tītore-māhu-tū, for seven nights.

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epa tāwhiro ātea

1. (noun) off-spinner (cricket).

whare mātai ātea

1. (noun) observatory.

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