atapō
1. (noun) before dawn - also written as ata pō.
Engari hei tēwhea wā o te marama ka kitea tuatahitia a Matariki i te atapō? (TTT 1/6/1922:13) / But which time of the month before dawn are the Pleiades first seen?
I te atapō tonu ka maunu te pā nei, ka haere, ka ahu whaka-Waikato (JPS 1899:180). / Just before dawn they retreated from this pā, departed and headed towards Waikato.
See also ata pō
