miraka

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to milk.

I te awatea kua kai anō ō kau i te karaihe, i te ahiahi kua mirakatia (TP 1909 1/130:3) / In the daytime your cows again eat the grass and in the evening they're milked.

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Synonyms: kutētē, waiū, whakatētē, kōtētē, kūtē

2. (loan) (modifier) milking.

Ko ngā kau miraka, mehemea he tangata hokohoko miraka, ka tirohia anō āna kau (TJ 21/6/1898:2). / With milking cows, if there’s a person selling milk then his cows are inspected.

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Synonyms: kutētētanga, kutētē, whakatētē, whakatētētanga, mirakatanga, kurutētē

3. (loan) (noun) milk.

Ko ngā kau miraka, mehemea he tangata hokohoko miraka, ka tirohia anō āna kau (TJ 21/6/1898:2). / With milking cows, if there’s a person selling milk then his cows are inspected.

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