1. (noun) potential - literally the 'uncooked portion'. The uncooked piece of kūmara that can be replanted having the potential to produce many more kūmara.
Iti noa ana, he pito mata (NP 2001:149). / Although it is just small, it is uncooked. (A whakataukī implying that the uncooked portion may sprout to produce many kūmara.)
Synonyms: torohū
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