On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Ātua, ad. First. He aha koe te atua ai ki te whaereere, muri iho ka patu i nga punua? ‖ mātua.

Williams Dictionary

Atua. 1. n. God, demon, supernatural being, ghost. Ehara ia i te mahi tangata maori, na te atua tenei mahinga … katahi ia ka mohio na te atua (T. 178). Na ka puta mai nga atua o Puarata ki waho, ka whai i nga atua o Hakawau (T. 176). Ehara i a Hinepoupou tangata, ko Hinepoupou atua (Pi. 135, 3).

2. Object of superstitious regard. Whiwhi nei a Ngati Raukawa i taua atua taiaha nei (W. v, 43).

3. Anything malign, disagreeable. Toku atua he pakeha (A European is the most disagreeable thing to me). Ki te pu ra o te atua (M. 299).

4. a. Strange, extraordinary. Ki te kahu atua, kahu whero (M. 299). He atua te hia ora i te makariri (P. 13).

5. Stingy, unfriendly, niggardly. He aha tou i atua mai ki ahau? = atuapo.

6. n. The moon on the fifteenth day; in full, Atua-mate-o-Hotu.

7. Menses.

Williams Dictionary