butter - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

pata

1. (loan) (verb) to butter.

2. (loan) (noun) butter.

Mō te pata kotahi hereni me te 2 kapa mō te pāuna (TW 12/8/1876:2). / The price of butter is one shilling and twopence per pound.

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ngehi pata

1. (noun) butter conditioner.

pīnati pata

1. (loan) (noun) peanut butter.

Ka pēhea te pīnati pata? (HJ 2012:214). / How about peanut butter?

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ninipa

1. (modifier) awkward, unskilful, uncoordinated, clumsy, unfortunate, unskilled.

Mā te kaimahi ninipa tērā mahi. / That work is for an unskilled worker.

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2. (noun) clumsy person, blunderer, bull in a china shop, bumbler, bungler, butter fingers.

Ehara au i te ninipa pēnā i tō hoa. / I'm not a bungler like your friend.

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pata pīnati

1. (noun) peanut butter.

E kaha ana te kitea o te hunga Amerikana e pani ana i te hanawiti ki te pata pīnati me te tiamu. We often see Americans spreading peanut butter and jam on their sandwiches. /

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māripi pata

1. (noun) butter knife.

Mēnā kei a au taku parāoa parai, taku pata, me taku māripi pata, e tau katoa ana au. If I have my fried bread, my butter, and my butter knife, I'm all good. /

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pata

ngehi pata

pīnati pata

ninipa

pata pīnati

māripi pata

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