totetote
1. (loan) (stative) be salty.
Ka koko parengo ia ki roto i tōna waha, me te kōtamutamu anō o ōna ngutu. "Hmm...āhua totetote tēnei kai." (TWK 36:4). / He scooped parengo seaweed into his mouth and smacked his lips. "Hmm...This food is quite salty."
Synonyms: kurutai, kurutaitai, mātaitai
2. (loan) (noun) saltiness.
Mā ngā manomano paerongo mōkitokito o te arero e rongo ai te tangata i ngā tāwara matua e whā, arā, te reka, te kawa, te totetote me te pūkawa (RP 2009:372). / In humans, thousands of microscopic taste buds in the tongue allow a person to detect the four basic tastes of sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness.
