kurutētē
1. (modifier) squeezing out (fluid), milking.
Ka nui te kaha o Te Rōpū o Heretaunga ki te whakahaere i ngā tono āwhina o roto o Heretaunga nei mō ngā āwhina moni hei tīmata i a rātou ki ngā mahi kurutētē miraka me ngā mahi whakatupu pīkaokao, me ngā mahi pāmu a ētahi (TTT 1/3/1930:1994). / The Heretaunga Welfare League has been very energetic in organising requests for help in Hastings for financial assistance to start them in the occupations of milking and poultry production, and farming for some people.
See also kutētē
2. (noun) squeezing out (fluid), milking.
Ahakoa rā he taumaha te kurutētē miraka, te whiwhi rānei i te kau, hei aha koa i te mea kua mōhio iho tātou he miraka te kīnaki o ngā kai nāna tātou i whakatupu ake i tae mai ai tātou ki roto i ēnei rā (TTT 1/9/1921:12). / Although milking, or obtaining cows, is difficult, nevertheless we know that milk was the ultimate food when we were growing up whereby we exist today.
Synonyms: kutētētanga, kutētē, miraka, whakatētē, whakatētētanga, mirakatanga
