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whakamātao

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to cool, chill, freeze.

Ko ngā wēta mōmona e patua ana hei whakamātao, ā, ka tukua ki Ingarani rā anō (TP 7/1911:5). / The prime wethers are being killed for freezing, and sent all the way to England.

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2. (modifier) frozen, chilled.

Ko ngā utanga a taua tima i tēnei wa:— Kotahi mano ngā pouaka ika whakamātao, nō ngā whare mahi ika o konei; e 40 ngā pēre wūru; 1 te kau; 1 te hōiho (TP 3/1912:8). / The cargo of that ship at this time is: One thousand boxes of frozen fish from the fish works here; 40 bales of wool; one cow; and one horse.

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3. (noun) coldness, chill, coolness, cooling, chilling.

Mā te whakamātao, mā te kaurori e ngaro ai te piro o ngā kai i roto i te kirīmi (TTT 1/10/1927:696). / By chilling and stirring the odour of the feed in the cream will disappear.

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