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Te mataora o te pepeke

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He hua te tīmatanga o ngā pepeke katoa.

E 2 ngā momo mataora:

  • ko ērā (ko ngā punua hanga pūmau) he āhua rite te hanga o te kōhungahunga ki tō te mea pakeke. Hei tauira, i te kīkītara:
    • he punua te mea ka puta ake i te hua;
    • kai ai te punua nei i ngā pakiaka o ētahi tipu i te poho o Papatūānuku - he maha pea ngā tau koinei tāna mahi;
    • he āhua rite te hanga o te punua nei ki te kīkītara pakeke, engari he mā te tae, ā, kāore ōna parirau;
    • i a ia e punua ana, e hia kē ngā kounutanga o tana kiri, me te whanake haere anō;
    • nāwai ā, ka ngōki mai i te poho o Papa, ka piki i te rākau, ā, ki reira tana kounutanga whakamutunga;
    • puta ake ana i te kiri whakamutunga o te punua ko tētahi kīkītara pakeke whai parirau;
  • ko ērā (ko ngā torongū ) he rerekē te hanga o te kōhungahunga i tō te mea pakeke. I ngā pepeke pērā i ngā pūrerehua, ngā pītara me ngā ngaro:
    • he torongū te mea ka puta ake i te hua;
    • he rerekē te roa e kai ana ngā torongū - ko ētahi kai ai mō ētahi rā noa iho, ko ētahi ka hia tau e kai ana (arā anō ētahi momo kai ai ā rātou torongū i ngā momo kai huhua);
    • he tino rerekē te āhua o te torongū tēnā i te mea pakeke;
    • nō te kounutanga whakamutunga o te torongū, ka huri hei ngeti;
    • me kī he 'taumata okioki' te ngeti; i te nuinga o te wā piri tahi ai te ngeti ki te wāhi kotahi, i roto pea i tētahi kahu-āhuru kua oti i te torongū te hanga, ā, he paku oreore noa te mea ka taea e ia;
    • ka nakunaku haere a roto o te ngeti, ko te hupa koiora te rite, kātahi ka 'ahuahua' mai ko te pepeke pakeke;
    • ka kīia ēnei huringa koiora nui ka pā ki ngā pepeke he kāhuarau - ko te 'kāhua', he kupu anō mō te 'āhua', ā, ko te rau, e tohu ana i te maha o ngā āhua ka puta ake.

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