Maramatekau
1. (personal noun) October.
I te wā o te kōkiritanga o te Tauā Nui Rawa Tuawaru a Tianara Montgomery i te rua tekau mā toru o ngā rā o Maramatekau, tau 1942, i whati nei te Tauā Nui Toa a Rommel (HP 1991:185). / When General Montgomery's Eighth Battalion attacked on 23 October 1942, Rommel's Elite Battalion retreated.
Synonyms: Rima o Hiringa-a-nuku, Oketopa, Whiringa-ā-nuku, Kōpū, Rima o Kōpū, Te, Hiringa-ā-nuku