Results for 'Awatea'
awatea - daylight
Awatea = ao atea, n. 1. Broad daylight. Kua awatea, kua puta rawa te ra (T. 47).
2. Middle of the day.
Williams Dictionary
Ka rīngi mai ia a te awatea.
She'll ring in the middle of the day.
Towards - mai
Awatea kau ana, ka haere te koroheke rā.
When morning came, that old man left.
Ka awatea, ka kite atu te tamaiti rā i te Kīngi e haere mai ana.
When it was day the child saw the King approaching.
Ka kī atu te waeroa ki te namu, ‘Kei riri tāua i te awatea, ka nui te mate.
The mosquito said to the sandfly, ‘Let’s not fight (man) in the daylight, or we will be badly defeated.
Kāore anō kia kitea te rā me te awatea, nā te mea e piri tahi ana ngā mātua, kei te kōpū kē ngā tamariki nei e noho pipiri ana, ānō nei he kāpō rātou.
The sun and daylight had not yet been seen because the parents were pressed together; the children were huddled inside the womb, as though they were blind.
Kia kama tā kōrua haere ki te moe, kia kama ai tā kōrua maranga i te awatea.
Go to sleep quickly so that you may get up quickly in the morning.
