Maoa, maoka, maonga, a. 1. Cooked. E tahu ana te kai, ka maoa, e kai ana (T. 145). Ka maoka nga kai, ka haere nga tuakana, ka kawe kai ma to ratou tupuna (Tr. vii, 38). Ka ki nga ipu i nga koko, ka mauria ki te ahi, ka kohuatia, ka maonga (T. 33).
2. Ripe.
3. Ulcerated.
4. In the expression maoa-rekareka, languid, limp, applied to a person overcome with sleep; also used of cooking, though the special force of the expression is not clear. Te kurutai, te turua, ko tetehi kohatu tao kai a te iwi o te ao nei; e rua, e toru kohatu turua ki te imu tahu kai, maoa-rekareka.
mamaoa, n. Steam. Ka tahuri te aroaro o Hine-te-kakara, kei rere ake te kakara o te kumara me te mamaoa o te hangi ki tona waha.
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maomaoa, n. First fruits of kumara, which were ceremonially served to the ariki. I haere ki te kawe i te maomaoa ki a Uenuku (T. 107).
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