ota

1. (verb) (-ina) to eat raw or in an uncooked state.

E kore te manu, te kiore e otaina, engari kia maoa ka pai (TPH 31/5/1902:1). / Birds and rats will not eat it raw, but when it's cooked it's fine.

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2. (modifier) unripe, uncooked, green (of unripe fruit).

He iwi kai ota, kāore he ahi (M 2006:88). / These people ate their food raw and had no fires.

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3. (noun) refuse, dregs.

Synonyms: kapurangi, kape, tohe, para, whakahoe, whakakāhore, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, huru, whakapekapeka, tohetohe

ōta

1. (loan) (noun) order, court order.

Mā tēnei pire ka rite tonu ngā tikanga ki te Māori, ki te Pākehā mō te tangohanga o ngā taonga o te tangata mate, ina puta te ōta a te Kōti Whenua Māori (TWMNT 9/1/1877:7). / With this bill the procedures for Māori and Pākehā concerning the taking of the possessions of the deceased are the same if the order of the Māori Land Court is delivered.

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Synonyms: tono, ngare, ngarengare, whakahauhau, whakahau, whakaraupapa, raupapa

pākati ota

1. (noun) nitrite.

pākawa ota

1. (noun) nitrate.

Me tātari ia i tētahi wairākau kia kitea ai āe rānei, kāore rānei kei reira te pākawa ngāwhā, te pūhau māota, te pākawa ota, te haukini rānei (Pu 1996:67). / She should analyse a fertiliser to see whether or not it has sulphate, chloride, nitrate or ammonia.

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ōta poutāpeta

1. (loan) (noun) postal order.

Kōpakia mai ki te ōta poutāpeta, ka tuku rānei ki ngā minita, ki ngā kaiwhakahaere rānei o ō koutou takiwā mā rātou e tuku mai ki konei (TP 1/7/1902:9). / Send it in an envelope as a postal order, or give it to the minister, or to the manager of your district for them to send here.

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