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kaimata

1. (verb) to be unripe, uncooked, raw, unseasoned (of timber).

Ki te meinga hoki ēnei mea e rātou i te rākau e kaimata ana, ko te aha e meatia i te rākau ka maroke? (PT Ruka 23:31). / For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

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Synonyms: māota, mata, whakarae, pahore


2. (noun) uncooked food.

I te 3 o ngā hāora i te ahiahi o te Paraire, ka whiua te kaimata, te pēke o te parāoa, o te huka; te pouaka o te tī; te kau, te poaka, te hipi, te huahua tītī, kererū (KO 15/12/1886:8). / At 3 pm on Friday afternoon, the uncooked food, the bags of flour and sugar; the box of tea; the cow, the pig, the sheep, the preserved mutton birds and pigeons were presented.

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