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utauta

1. (verb) (-ina) to load a number of things, bear.

Ko te mahi nei, he utauta kōhatu ki runga i tētahi kāta nui (HP 1991:26). / This job was to load rocks onto a large cart.

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2. (noun) equipment, property, tool, goods, prop.

Me hangarua ngā utauta kirihou o ō tātou whare ka tika (PK 2008:74). / It is appropriate that the plastic goods of our houses be recycled.

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Synonyms: tauteka, taputapu, uehā, mea, kame, rawa, taonga, āhuatanga, hautaonga, hanga

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