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maoka

1. (stative) be cooked.

Kātahi ia ka tango i te oneone, ka whakaahuatia ki te āhua tangata, ka hoatu ki roto ki te oumu kia maoka (TWMNT 11/1/1876:8). / Then he took the soil and formed it into the shape of a person and put it into an oven to be cooked.

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2. (stative) be ripe, mature (of fruit).

Kei tētahi tāone, ko Nerehana te ingoa, kua tīmata te hua tuarua anō o ngā rākau, te āporo, te paramu, me te karani, nui atu, kua maoka ngā hua rākau ināianei (HTK 11/8/1894:2). / In one town, called Nelson, the second harvest of the trees has begun, apples, plums and currants and many others and the fruit is ripe now.

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Synonyms: maonga, maoa, pakari

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