tamatea

1. (personal noun) moon on the eighth night of the lunar month.

2. (noun) general name for four nights of the lunar month from the 21st to the 24th night after the full moon - each night has its own name added to Tamatea.

I roto katoa i aku rangahau, kimikimi kōrero mō te ingoa nei, kāre i tarea e ngā pakeke te whakamārama pono ko wai te Tamatea nei, ā, he aha te ingoa nei i noho ai i konei (WT 2013:51). / In all my research and enquiries about this name, the elders were not able to adequately explain who this Tamatea was and why the name appears here.

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Tamatea Tuhāhā

1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-fourth night of the lunar month for Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.

Tamatea-kai-ariki

1. (personal noun) moon on the sixth night of the lunar month - sometimes as Tamatea Kai-ariki. For some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-a-Apanui) this is the twenty-third night of the lunar month.

Koia nei a Tamatea Kai-ariki, he atua nō ngā wā o te ao kōhatu i kōrerotia rā e ētahi o ngā pakeke o te iwi (WT 2013:55). / This is Tamatea Kai-ariki, an atua from the stone-age world spoken of by some of the elders of the tribe.

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2. (noun) moon on the twenty-third night after the full moon.

Ko te Tamatea Kai-ariki nei rāua ko te Tamatea Tuhāhā ngā pō kino katoa o ēnei pō e whā (WT 2013:60). / Tamatea Kai-ariki and Tamatea Tuhāhā are the worst nights of these four nights.

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Tamatea-āio

1. (personal noun) moon on the seventh night of the lunar month - sometimes as Tamatea Āio. For some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-first night of the lunar month. Also as Tamatea Āio.

2. (noun) moon on the twenty-first night after the full moon.

He āhua pai tonu te Tamatea Āio nei mō te hī ika, mō te kohi kai moana (WT 2013:53). / Tamatea Āio is quite good for fishing and collecting seafood.

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Tamatea-angana

1. (personal noun) moon on the sixth night of the lunar month - sometimes as Tamatea a Ngana. For some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-second night of the lunar month.

Ka tae mai a Tamatea a Ngana ka tūturu te kitea o te whirowhiro, o te tō whakawaho o ngā au kikino o tēnei wā (WT 2013:60). / When Tamatea a Ngana arrives the true power of the swirling and the undertow is seen at this time.

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2. (noun) moon on the twenty-second night after the full moon.

I pai noa rātau i te Tamatea Āio, i te Tamatea a Ngana, me te whakatutuki i ngā whakahau a ēnei pō kai (WT 2013:56). / They were quite alright with Tamatea Āio and Tamatea a Ngana, and the advantages of these food nights.

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Tamatea-arikinui

1. (personal name) Captain of the Tākitimu canoe.

Nā Tamatea-arikinui i hoatu te ingoa ‘Maunganui’ hei ingoa anō mō Mauao, hei whakamaharatanga ake ki tētahi maunga hanga rite i Hawaiki (Te Ara 2011). / Tamatea-arikinui gave the name Maunganui as another name for Mauao in memory of a similar mountain in Hawaiki.

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