kurukuruwhatu
1. (verb) to curdle (as milk and in the making of cheese), set (as junket).
Ki te mea e rite ana te werawera o te waiū ua tukua te reneti ki roto, kia kotahi hāora, e rua rānei ka kurukuruwhatu te waiū (MM.TKM 25/10/1849:2). / If the heating of the milk is done and the rennet has been added, after one or two hours the milk will have curdled.
2. (noun) curd (made from milk).
I muri iho o ngā hāora e rua me tango mai te tīhi i te tāpu, me hoatu ki roto ki ngā wai karera i ringihia mai i te tāpu i tangohia mai ai ngā kurukuruwhatu (MM.TKM 8/11/1849:1). / After two hours the cheese should be removed from the vat, and placed in the whey poured into the vat from which the curds were taken.
