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).
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