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raumati

1. (verb) to be summer.

Ko ngā mahi whutupōro i whakaritea e te iwi rangatira nei, e te Pākehā, hei mahi mō ngā marama ruarua o te takurua, ā, kua raumati, kua mutu (TJ 26/10/1899:8). / Rugby activities were organised by this noble people, by the Pākehā, as an activity for the few months of winter and when it was summer it ceased.

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2. (noun) summer.

I reira ka kai mātou i ngā kai o te raumati, i te rōpere, i ngā tini kai o te raumati (TP 9/1902:3-4). / There we ate the foods of summer, strawberries and many other summer foods.

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