Tūātea, b. Break on the crest of a wave, foam. Ka pupuhi te hau, ka whati te tuatea.—Kua mahaki noa iho te tuatea o te moana i te wehi o tenei tangata (T. 183).
whakatūātea, v.i. Bluster.
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Tuatea, a. 1. Pale. He manu tuatea, a fat bird. the skin of which shows white under the feathers.
2. Anxious, distressed. He tuatea ki tona hoa e mate ana.
whakatuatea. 1. v.i. Grow anxious. E whakatuatea ana ahau ki te mate o taku tamaiti.
2. v.t. Make anxious, terrify.
3. n. Terror. Ehara i to tuakana, i te ika o te whakatuatea (P. 4).
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