1. (noun) enlightenment, insight, understanding, light, meaning, significance, brainwave.
Me āpiti e ia te māramatanga o ngā tohunga Māori, ki ngā mātauranga o te ao hou o te Pākehā (TTT 1/7/1927:615). / He should place side by side the insight of the Māori expert with the knowledge of the new world of the Pākehā.
Synonyms: tikanga, māoritanga, mārama, rama, teatea, tahutahu, tahu, tūrama
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