2. (noun) drop of water.
Ko taua ua kāore i pēnei me te pata ua nei, engari i rite ki te awa e maringi iho ana i te rangi (TTT 1/4/1924:20). / That rain was not like drops of rain, but was like a stream pouring down from the sky.
3. (noun) seed, grain (of maize, etc.).
Otiia hei aha te ngaro noa ai ētahi o ngā purapura pai e ruia ana tērā pea e hua ake ētahi, me te tangata hoki e whakatō ana i tana kānga e whā ngā pata ki te pukepuke kotahi, ā e rua anake ngā mea e tupu, ko ētahi ka pau i te hōtete, i te mōwhitiwhiti rānei (TK 2/10/1884:39). / But some good seeds are scattered and perhaps some bear fruit, and a person plants four grains in a single mound and only two grow and others are consumed by caterpillars and grasshoppers.
4. (noun) advantage, fruit, benefit.
Kore rawa pea e ekea taua taumata mutunga kē mai nei o te ekieki, engari ko te pata kē ia o te whakatīeke, ka teitei haere kē ake, ka ātaahua kē ake te tirohanga atu (HM 4/1993:9). / That extremely high standard will probably never be achieved, but the advantage of stretching upwards is that the view is more beautiful.
2. (loan) (noun) butter.
Mō te pata kotahi hereni me te 2 kapa mō te pāuna (TW 12/8/1876:2). / The price of butter is one shilling and twopence per pound.
pāta
1. (loan) (noun) pot, basin, container, kettle.
Nā ka werohia e ia ki te peihana, ki te pāta rānei, ki te hōpane rānei, ki te kōhua rānei; ko ngā mea katoa i riro ake i te marau, i tangohia e te tohunga ki taua mea (PT 1Hamuera 2:14). / And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
pātā
1. (verb) (-kia) to prepare (food).
Synonyms: rahurahu, raweke, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka
