poupoutanga o te rā
1. (noun) midday, noon, meridian.
Nā te nui o ngā mahi he whakarihariha ki te Māori onamata te tangata moe roa, ka whakaritea ki te tohetaka, hei te poupoutanga o te rā anō puāwai ai, inā: ‘E moe tonu ana te tohetaka’ (Te Ara 2012). / With so much work to be done, late sleepers were reviled. They were compared to the native dandelion that opens at midday: ‘The dandelion still sleeps'.
Synonyms: rānui, poutūmārō, poutūmārōtanga, tūhoetanga, i te poupoutanga o te rā, tūhoe, rā-tū
