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totoka

1. (verb) to congeal, become solid, set, solidify, harden.

Ka totoka te wākihi, kua tangohia me ngā hune (Te Ara 2013). / When the wax has solidified it and the downy feathers are taken off.

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Synonyms: rehurehu, tetepe, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, , ahuahu, kōpā, whakamohiki, whakarākei


2. (noun) solid.

He momo totoka te tioata, he rite katoa, he nahanaha, he tāruarua te noho mai o ngā korakora o roto (RP 2009:400). / A crystal is a type of solid in which the constituent particles are bonded in regular systematic and repeating arrangements (RP 2009:400).

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