.NP QAO-ATEA :Late morning to early afternoon, midday *qao-(qa)tea *0 << PN *qaho "day (not night)", *qaa-tea "clear, unobstructed" *0 >> CE *awatea *1 Cf. SO *laqalaqa-tea; TO *ho-qataa *8 SAM1 (and TOK) form due to replacement of tea found in several other words. ANU Avatea. :Midday (Fbg) EAS 'Ootea. :Dawn, morning, morrow (Fts) MFA T/ootea. :Mid-day (Clk) KAP Oodee. :Noon (Lbr) MQA Oatea. :Jour, grand jour (Dln) MQA Ou ah dare. :Day break or dawn (Rbs) NIU Aho-tea. :Broad or full daylight (Sph) NIU A(h)otea. :Broad daylight (McE) NGR Hetua-atea. :Star (morning) (Ray) NKO Odea. :Midday, noon (Crl) REN 'Ao'atea. :Early afternoon (Ebt) SAM Aoatea. :Midday (Prt) SAM Aoa/uli. :Midday, noon (Prt) TIK Aoatea, o(v)atea. :Midday; (early) afternoon (older form) (Fth) TIK Avatea. :Midday (modern form) (Fth) TIK Faka/oatea. :"Nooning", technical term for gift of food from household of mother' s lineage to household of father' s lineage in celebration of childbirth, initiation, etc. "noonday rite" (Drd) TOK Aoa/uli. :Mid-morning; mid-day, noon (Sma) TON 'Aho/tee/tea. :A little before sunrise (Cwd) WFU T/aotea. :Noon, afternoon (Dty) WFU T/autia, aoate (ANI), aotea (FUT). :Midday (Cpl) WFU (Ta) otea. :Midi (Rve) WUV Aotea. :Midi (Hmn)