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tāmata

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to refresh, restore, revitalise.

Ka riro mā ngā wai makariri o te puna e tāmata tana wairua (PK 2008:841). / It was the cold water of the spring that would refresh her spirit.

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Synonyms: whakahou, whakahohe, whakahaumanu, whakahauora, whakanā, whakangā


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to cultivate, till, work the soil.

Nā ōna uri whakaheke te whenua i tāmata (Te Ara 2015). / It was his descendants who cultivated the land.

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3. (modifier) arable.

I whakaae hoki ia ki tā Tiati Ātihana, ko te hē o ngā tiati o te Kōti Whenua Māori o Te Tai Tokerau o mua nā, he whakaae nā rātau ki te nui o ngā whenua tāmata i riro i te hoko, ā, ko te mutunga iho, pōhara noa ana te hunga hoko (TTR 1998:16). / He also agreed with Judge Acheson that earlier judges of the Native Land Court of the Tai Tokerau district had allowed excessive sales of arable land, and the result was that the sellers were in poverty.

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4. (noun) new cultivation.

Ki te kore he wāhi one-paraumu, ka pai noa atu te one-haruru hei whakatipu kūmara. Kaua e whāwhā ki te one-tuatara, he uaua rawa atu te tāmata me te waha kirikiri hei tāpiri (Te Ara 2015). / If there be no dark friable soil, a light sandy loam is quite suitable for growing kūmara. Do not touch stiff brown soil, cultivation and carrying gravel to add to it is too difficult.

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