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Āti

1. (loan) (personal name) Archie.

āti

1. (noun) offspring, descendant, clan - used in tribal names, e.g. Te Āti Awa.

He wahine ia nō Te Āti Awa, i kuraina i Hukarere Kura mō ngā Kōtiro Māori (TTR 1996:4). / She was a woman from Te Āti Awa who was educated at Hukarere Native Girls' School.

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Synonyms: keakea, momo, uri, tātea, paratau

ati

1. (particle) then - a conjunction.

Ati e mea ana koe ko Ponga hei ariki mōu? Ka mea atu a Puhihuia, "Āpāia." (W 1971:12) / Then are you saying that Ponga is the husband for you?" Puhihuia replied, "Most certainly."

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Āti Awa, Te

1. (personal noun) tribal group to the north-east of Mount Taranaki including the Waitara and New Plymouth areas. A section of Te Āti Awa moved to parts of the Wellington area and the northern South Island in the 1820s.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89, 113;)

ati ā-toa

1. (noun) young man after his first battle.

Ko te umu pōtaka mō te arero whero tēnā, me te ati ā-toa (W 1971:19). / That is the sacred oven for the fighting men and the young men after their first battle.

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ika i te ati

1. (noun) first person slain in battle, first victim.

He toa reia, kāore he tirotiro ki te ao mārama; māna te ika i te ati, te mātāika o te parekura (M 2006:124). / A warrior much sought after, he does not seek the world of light, but for the first victim, the first fish in battle.

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Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Te

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the lower Whanganui River area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

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