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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