cake - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

keke

1. (loan) (noun) cake.

Ko tētehi o aua keke i waiho hei tukutuku ki ngā whanaunga, i ia wāhi, i ia wāhi o Aotearoa, o Te Waipounamu (TW 21/2/1876:72). / One of those cakes was left to be sent to relatives in each part of the North and South Islands.

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komeke

1. (noun) cake of mashed hīnau berries or raupō pollen.

Mahia ai te komeke i te pungapunga o te raupō (Te Ara 2013). / Cakes were also made from the pollen of bulrush.

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2. (noun) muffin.

Synonyms: mawhene

he mahi pai noa iho ...

1. easy as, it was no problem, it is no problem, it will be no problem, it's a piece of cake - a statement used by a speaker to suggest that a task is an easy one.

Tana tīki mārika ki te kī mai he mahi pai noa iho tēnei mahi e whakakeka nei i a tāua (HKK 1999:201). / What a cheek he has to say that this task that you and I are attempting is a piece of cake.

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kina papa

1. (noun) cake urchin, snapper biscuit, Fellaster zelandiae - common in sand near the entrance to harbours from low water to a few meters in depth. A hard limy disc up to 100 mm in diameter, flat on the lower side and slightly convex above covered in short mossy-green spines.

taparua keke

1. (noun) cake tin.

keke

komeke

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kina papa

taparua keke

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