taumata rau
1. (modifier) remarkable, extraordinary, notable, outstanding - of people.
Ko ia tētahi o ngā tamariki o te whānau taumata rau i puta i ngā wāhine Māori tokoono a Tāme Poto (TTR 1994:83). / He was one of the children of a remarkable family resulting from the six Māori wives of Thomas Halbert.
Synonyms: taiea, hira, inati, hautupua, hautipua, whakaharahara, ahurei, kātuarehe, te kino kē hoki, ka mahi ..., tapatapahi ana, kōhure
