kīhini
1. (loan) (noun) kitchen.
I muri iho ka heke te wahine nōna nei te whare ki te kīhini, ā, mihi ana ki te kuki mō te āhua pai ake o ngā kai e tunua ana e ia (TKO 30/6/1920:3). / Afterwards the woman who owned the house went down to the kitchen and thanked the cook for the somewhat superior food he was cooking.
ringa wera
1. (modifier) kitchen work.
Kai te mahara tonu te tangata ki tōna ngākau manawareka, ki tōna kaha ki ngā mahi ringa wera i ngā marae, me tana pai ki te manaaki tangata (TTR 2000:247). / The man is remembered for his sense of humour, his ability in the kitchen work of marae, and his hospitality.
2. (noun) worker in the kitchen and dining room - a figurative term for people who work in the kitchen and their hot hands from the fires and ovens.
Nui atu ngā mea whakamīharo i kitea i te marae mahinga kai, arā i te ringa wera (ngā kuki), ngā tununga keke, ngā mahinga parāoa me ngā tununga mīti (TTT 1/9/1927:651). / There are lots of amazing things seen on the marae preparing food, namely the kitchen workers (the cooks), cooking cakes, making bread and cooking meat.
kanohi wera
1. (noun) worker in the kitchen and dining room - a figurative term for people who work in the kitchen on the marae and their hot faces from the fires and ovens.
Me uaua ka haere ngā kanohi wera ki mua, ka noho tonu ki te hereumu taka kai ai mā ngā manuhiri. / The kitchen workers are rarely seen out the front, they remain in the kitchen preparing food for the visitors.
See also ringa wera
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.
Synonyms: whareumu, hereumu, kīhini, hereimu, kītini, kuha, pākorokoro
whareumu
1. (noun) cooking shed, kitchen.
He mea āta uiui nāna ngā tikanga katoa o taua kura, me te āhua o ngā mahi; me tana mātaki anō i ngā rūma moenga, i ērā atu wāhi katoa hoki o te whare, tae rawa ki te whareumu kia kite i te āhua o ngā mahi tao kai (TKO 3/1914:3). / He asked about all procedures in that school; with his inspection of the dormitories and other parts of the building, including the kitchen to see the quality of the cooking.
hereimu
1. (noun) cooking shed, kitchen, bakery.
Nā tōna tapu kāore e āhei te pānga o te kai, ki te taka kai rānei, ki te whakatata atu rānei ki ngā hereimu (TTR 1996:132). / Because she was tapu she could not touch food, prepare food or go near the cooking sheds.
See also hereumu
2. (noun) food processor, kitchen whiz.
2. (noun) dining room table.
2. (noun) kitchen cupboard.