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1. (Be) late morning and early afternoon (about 9 a.m. To 1 p.m.) E tū ki runga, kua avatea. Get up, it’s late in the morning; Āpōpō i te pōpongi avatea e ‘oki mai ei rāua. They‘ll be back late tomorrow morning; Nāku e rave i te pure avatea. I‘ll take the (mid-)morning service; Ka ‘aere avatea ‘ua tāua kia tae mārama tāua ki te motu. We‘ll leave late in the morning so we get to the island in good daylight; Ā te avatea Paraparau māua e ‘aere mai ei. We‘ll come late on Thursday morning. Avatea pū, high noon (noon to one or two o‘clock).

1. ([awatʃε, aβatʃεa] n.) daytime. i tēia avatea this morning/ afternoon. ¶The term pōpongi 'morning' covers the time up to 11:00 a.m., while the word ahiahi 'afternoon' covers the time after 1:00 p.m. The time in between is referred to as avatea.

1. (v.i.) Noon .

2. (n.) Midday, from about eleven to one o'clock .

1. (n.) Noon, 11.am - 1.00pm .

1. midday .

Kua avatea te rā. /

1. (n.) the forenoon, approximately from 9am to midday.

1. (n.) Mid-morning, the period between nine to eleven AM .

1. Afternoon (2 - 4 pm) .

Ka rave ia te uipānga kopu tangata i te avatea ahīahī i teia ra /

1. (n.) midday.

1. (n.) Afternoon 1 - 3pm .

1. (n.) Early afternoon, the period from about one to three o'clock .

1. (n.) the navigating stars of which nine are recorded in tradition vis:- taura-te-marama; tauira-te-etua; tauira-te-kaveinga; tauira-rangi-o-Avatea; tauira-te-ao; etu-kura; ngamau; okianga; mata-nui .

2. (n.) guidance, that which conveys or guides, that which points out the way: used also to denote a compass .

1. (Be) light, emit light, shine, (be) bright. E tū ki runga, kua mārama. Get up, it is light now; E rave koe i tā‘au ‘anga‘anga kia oti koia i mārama ai te ‘enua. Get your work done while there is still light; Ka ‘āere avatea ‘ua tāua kia tae mārama tāua ki te motu. Let’s leave in the middle of the day so that we get to the island while it is light; Te mārama o te mōrī, the light of the lamp; Kua mārama te a‘i i runga i te motu. The fire blazed on the island; te mārama a‘i, firelight; Kua kā mārama tikai te mōrī. The lamp shone brightly; kua tuatua iora te Atua, Ei mārama; kua mārama iora. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light (Gen.1.3); muramura mārama, bright red.

2. Understand, be clear about something; clear, illuminating. Kua mārama au i tā‘au tuatua. I understand what you have said; Kāre rātou i mārama i te ture o tēia tārekareka. They don’t understand the rules of the game; Ko tō mātou mārama‘anga tēia i tō‘ou ‘akakoro‘anga. Now we understand what you are getting at; Tēia te ‘akatau‘anga mārama. Here is a clear example.

3. Clear (of the vision). Kāre au e ‘inangaro ‘aka‘ou i tēnā tīti‘a, kua mārama tōku mata. I shan’t need those glasses again, my eyes are all right now; Nō‘ou pa‘a te mata mārama ake i tōku. Perhaps your eyes are better than mine.

4. Enlightened, civilised (as opposed to pōiri ‘benighted‘). I te vai ‘ētene‘anga o te tangata kua rave rātou i tē reira tū, kāreka kia mārama, kua tuku kē rātou i taua au peu. While they were still heathen people used to do it, but when they became enlightened they abandoned such customs. Tuātau mārama, enlightened or civilised times. [Pn. *maa-rama.].

1. (n.) [tuwaεro] twelve o'clock. (< Engl. Twelve. Ant. turuahipō.) kua tangi i te tuaero. It is 12 o'clock. kua tuaero i te avatea. It is 12 o'clock in the daytime. (It is 12 noon.) kua tuaero i te pō. It is 12 o'clock at night. (It is 12 midnight.) .