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rautao

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to wrap food in leaves (for a hāngī).

Ka taona taua ika nei ki te umu, ka rautaongia ki te koromiko (NM 1928:29). / That fish was cooked in the oven wrapped with koromiko leaves.

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2. (noun) leaves for wrapping food in for cooking in a hāngī.

Ka mutu, ka tae te koroheke rā ki ngā kākahu me ngā kōhatu, ka hoatu ki te taina, me te kī atu ki a ia, “Ko ngā rautao ēnā mō tā tāua tamaiti, ko ngā kōhatu anō tērā hei tao (JPS 1905:77). / And then the old man took the garments and the stones, gave them to his younger brother, saying: “Here are some rautao (covering for the oven) for our child, and here are the stones for the cooking.

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