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kutētē

1. (verb) (-tia) to squeeze out (fluid), milk, express.

E waru tekau ā rātau kau e kutētē ana rātau (HP 1991:17). / They had eighty cows they were milking.

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See also kōtētē

Synonyms: miraka, waiū, whakatētē, kōtētē, kūtē


2. (noun) breast pump.


3. (modifier) squeezing out (fluid), milking.

Hoki rawa mai a Eruera ki Te Teko i tana mahi kutētē kau i Kamo (EM 2002:43). / When Eruera finally returned to Te Teko his job was milking cows at Kamo.

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4. (noun) squeezing out (fluid), milking.

He kutētē kau taku mahi (HP 1991:25). / My job was milking the cows.

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Synonyms: kutētētanga, miraka, whakatētē, whakatētētanga, mirakatanga, kurutētē

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