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