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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 pāpā.
Your dad is an intelligent person.

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