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kīnaki

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to add (ingredients), eat one kind of food with another, complement, garnish, condiment.

I kīnakitia ngā kauwhau ki te waiata (TP 1/3/1902:8). / The sermons were complemented with song.

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2. (noun) ingredients, relish, sauce, embellishment.

Me kōhua he wātakirihi, he kūmara hai kīnaki (HP 1991:27). / They should be boiled with watercress and kūmara as a relish.

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Synonyms: wairanu, tārau, towhiro, kumamatanga

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