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On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

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Results for 'atamai'

atamai - clever, intelligent

Atamai. 1. a. Knowing, quick-witted, ready. He ngutu atamai to te tamaiti nei. So Mauiatamai contrasted with Maui-wareware (W. ii, 112).

2. v.i. Behave contemptuously. Ehara te mahi a te tangata ra ki te atamai ki a au.

3. n. Despised object. Ko te atamai ngutu au a te tamaiti nei (M. 376).

Williams Dictionary

Ehara ia i te wahine atamai.
She is not a clever woman.
Negations of identity sentences - ehara...

He wahine atamai ia.
She is a clever woman.
Categorizing sentences - he

He tangata atamai tō pāpā.
Your dad is an intelligent person.

#195: For the purpose of someone else doing something
#201: The reason why something will happen
#162: The children broke the window
#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person
#132: The cake is not being eaten by Rangi
#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).
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