PURIST’S CORRECTION
INCORRECT TRANSLATION OF “ AWATEA " (Per United Press Association,*| WELLINGTON, September 19. The translation or “ Awatea,” the name of the new transtasman liner, is discussed by a newspaper correspondent, who claims that the popular interpretation “ Eye of the Dawn ” is incorrect. “ Awatea ” he says, means “ broad daylight,” and adds that the two distinguished speakers at the function aboard the ship who gave the former meaning to the name slipped in good company, as a* former GovernorGeneral made the same mistake at the launching ceremony, Williams’s Maori
Dictionary gives the meanings of “ Awatea ” as “ broad daylight ” and “ middle, of the day.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 11
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101PURIST’S CORRECTION Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 11
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