2. (noun) elevated platform, raised platform - on which the corpse or coffin is laid during the period of the tangihanga.
He waiata tēnei nā te wahine, i a ia e tāwhiriwhiri ana i te kanohi o tana tāne mate i runga i te atamira ki te patu ngaro, he patu rango ki ētahi he papaki rango ki ētahi iwi (M 2006:20). / This is a song by a woman, which she sang as she fanned her dead husband's face as he lay upon the elevated platform, using a patu ngaro, a fan to keep flies away. It is variously known among different tribes as a patu rango and papaki rango (M 2006:21).
2. (loan) (personal name) Admiral.
Kua puta te kupu ki a Ātamira Honapi (TW 30/3/1878:140). / Instructions have been issued to Admiral Horby.
takatū atamira
1. (noun) stagecraft.
Ko te takatū atamira ngā mahi o muri hei whakatū i tētahi whakaaturanga ki te atamira, pērā i te hanga me te whakarite i ngā taputapu, ngā tuarongo o te atamira, ngā rama, ngā kākahu, te pani kanohi, ngā oro, waihoki ko te whakahaere i ēnei āhuatanga i te wā o te whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / Stagecraft is the background work required to bring a production to the stage, such as building and arranging the props and backdrops for the stage, the lighting, costumes, make-up and sound, as well as the management of these things at the time of the production (RMR 2017).
