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mata

1. (verb) to be raw, uncooked, not fully developed, immature, unripe, green, fresh.

Ei, kei te mata tonu te mīti nei. Kei te oreore tonu! (HJ 2012:199). / Hey, this meat is still raw. It's still wriggling!

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2. (modifier) raw, uncooked, not fully developed, immature, unripe, green, fresh.

Kāore he kai maoa o runga i tēnei waka, i a 'Tākitimu', nā te tapu. He kai mata anake (HP 1991:9). / There was no cooked food on this canoe, on Tākitimu, because it was tapu. There was only raw food.

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Synonyms: kaimata, māota, whakarae, pahore

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