1. (personal noun) hero, male idol, principal male character, male celebrity - a familiar name for the main male character of a story, etc. and is often used as a proper name.
Nō konei ka haere mai a tuahangata i runga i tana hōiho mā (TTR 1990:220). / Here our principal male character came on his white horse.
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
More infoTe kai a te rangatira
He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
