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kāuta

1. (noun) cooking shed, kitchen, cookhouse, house, shack, lean-to.

Ko tētahi marae pai nei tūnga mō ngā wharemoe me ngā kāuta, me ētahi atu o ngā whare e hangā ana ki roto ki te marae (TPH 1/9/1905:1). / A good marae has provision for sleeping houses, cooking sheds and other buildings built within the marae.

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Synonyms: whareumu, hereumu, kīhini, hereimu, kītini

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