whakatote
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to salt, add salt, cure, preserve - with salt or brine.
Māehe 8.- 'Kahere' 14 tana, ki Mangarangi, 200 pāuna rīwai, 1 kāho kai whakatote, 30 pāuna whao, 112 pāuna tote (TKM 14/3/1850:2). / March 8.- 'Gazelle', 14 tons, for Mangarangi, with 2 cwt. potatoes, 1 cask salted meat, 30 lbs. nails, 1 cwt. salt.
Synonyms: tote, rongoā, whakauka, rokiroki, tohu, tohutohu, rarawe, whakapounamu
