turama - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

tūrama

1. (verb) (-tia) to light with a torch, give light to, illuminate.

He mea tūrama taua kāinga puta noa (KO 18/2/1888:2). / That settlement was lit throughout.

2. (noun) light, lighting.

Ka tīkina atu e ia te tūrama hei titiro kia āta mārama ai (KO 14/9/1882:2). / He went and got the light so that he could look at it clearly.

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Synonyms: tūramarama, mārama, māramatanga, teatea, tahu, tahutahu, rama

pūkenga tūrama

1. (noun) lighting technician.

Ko te pūkenga tūrama te tangata māna e whakarite, māna e whakahaere ngā rama mō tētahi whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / The lighting technician is the person who organises and controls the lighting for a production (RMR 2017).

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tūrama aronuku

1. (noun) down lighting.

tūrama arorangi

1. (noun) up lighting.

tūrama arotahi

1. (noun) hot spot, spotlight.

tūrama mua

1. (noun) front lighting.

tūrama muri

1. (noun) back lighting.

tūrama raharaha

1. (noun) flood lighting.

tūrama tuarongo

1. (noun) background lighting.

tūrama whakawhiti

1. (noun) cross lighting.

whare tūrama

1. (noun) lighthouse.

E kī ana ngā nūpepa mai o Merepana ko ngā Pākehā o reira e whakarite tikanga ana e whakatūria ai ētahi atu raite (arā, whare tūrama) ki Kīngi Aerani, te motu kua nui rawa nei ngā mate o te kaipuke (TWMNT 11/8/1874:206). / The newspapers of Melbourne are reporting that the Europeans there are commissioning the construction of additional lights (that is, a lighthouse) on King's Island, an island that has had many shipping disasters.

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hihi tūrama

1. (noun) ray of light.

Synonyms: hihi aho

kaihoahoa tūrama

1. (noun) lighting designer.

tūrama

pūkenga tūrama

tūrama aronuku

tūrama arorangi

tūrama arotahi

tūrama mua

tūrama muri

tūrama raharaha

tūrama tuarongo

tūrama whakawhiti

whare tūrama

hihi tūrama

kaihoahoa tūrama

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