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whakatētē

1. (verb) (-tia) to milk.

E waru tekau ana kau e whakatētē ā-ringa ana rātou. / He had eighty cows they were milking by hand.

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Synonyms: kutētē, miraka, waiū, kōtētē, kūtē


2. (modifier) milking.

Ko te mahi nei, he utauta kōhatu ki runga i tētahi kāta nui, ka mau ki tētahi wāhi kē, ka kurukuru kia pākarukaru, kātahi ka harihari ki te whakakī haere i ngā wāhi poharu o te iāri kau whakatētē (HP 1991:26). / This task was to load stones onto a big cart, take them to another place, break them up, then take them to fill the boggy parts of the milking cow yard.

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3. (noun) milking.

Ka mutu taku whakatētē i aku kau i ngā ata, ka tukua e au ki roto i tō rātau taiepa, ka haere au ki te hopu i te hōiho (HP 1991:25). / When my milking of my cows was finished in the morning, I let them into their paddock and went to catch the horse.

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Synonyms: kutētētanga, kutētē, miraka, whakatētētanga, mirakatanga, kurutētē

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