Kua tae ki te raumati, ā, he wā pai tēnei ki te whakamātau i ngā momo poro ika hou. Me whakamahi he spatula, he mīhini huri rānei hei taka i ēnei rihi reka ki te kāinga. He maha ngā ingoa rerekē o tēnei taputapu kīhini.
He taputapu tunu kai te mīhini huri, he papatahi, he ngāwari hoki te wāhanga, he roa hoki te kakau. Ka whakamahia hei huri, hei tuku kai rānei. I ētahi wā, he mea nui, ā, kāore e taea te whakakapi i te mīhini huri me te mata whānui e whakamahia ana hei huri, hei tuku ika, hei kai rānei i tunua ki te paraharaha.
Ko te kupu "spatula" he kupu taurite o te kupu "turner", e whakamahia ana hoki mō te huri i te kai i roto i te paraharaha. I te reo Pākehā o Amerika, ko te kupu "spatula" e pā ana ki ngā taputapu whānui, papatahi. Ko te kupu e pā ana ki te "turner", ki te "flipper" rānei (e mōhiotia ana i te reo Pākehā o Peretānia ko te "fish slice"), ā, e whakamahia ana hei hiki me te huri i ngā kai i te wā e tunu ana, pērā i ngā panikeke me ngā ika. Hei tāpiri, ko ngā waru i ngā peihana me ngā pereti ka kiia i ētahi wā ko ngā spatula.
Ahakoa kei te tunu kai koe, kei te tunutunu, kei te huri rānei; he mea whai hua te huri pai, pakari hoki hei whakamīharo i tō haerenga ki te kīhini. Kua ngana koe ki te huri i ō hua manu me te huri ngoikore? Tērā pea ka rere te hua manu wera ki runga i tō mahunga. Koia te mea he mea tino nui te whai i tētahi huri pai.
Ina whakamahia hei ingoa, ko te tikanga o te kupu "spatula" he oko tunu kai he mata papatahi e piri ana ki tētahi kakau roa, hei huri, hei hapai, hei whakaoho rānei i te kai. Ko te tikanga ia o te kupu "turner" ko te tangata e huri ana, ko te mea rānei e huri ana.
Ka taea e koe te kī he spatula, he turner, he spreader, he flipper, he ingoa kē atu rānei. He maha ngā āhua me ngā rahi o ngā spatula. Ā, he rite tonu te maha o ngā whakamahinga mō te spatula iti nei. Engari e mōhio ana koe ki te takenga mai o te spatula? Tērā pea ka miharo koe!
Ko te pūtake o te kupu "spatula" i ahu mai i te reo Kariki me te reo Latina onamata. E whakaae ana ngā tohunga reo ko te pūtake o te kupu i ahu mai i ngā momo kupu Kariki "spathe". I roto i tōna horopaki taketake, ko te spathe e pā ana ki tētahi mata whānui, pērā i ērā e kitea ana i runga i te hoari.
Nō muri mai ka kawemaihia tēnei ki te reo Latina hei kupu "spatha" ā, i whakamahia hei tohu i tētahi momo hoari roa.
I mua i te putanga mai o te kupu hou "spatula", he maha ngā whakarerekētanga i pā ki te tuhi me te whakapuaki. Ko te takenga mai o te kupu "spay" e pā ana ki te tapahi ki te hoari. Ā, i te tāpiritanga o te kupu whakamutunga "-ula", ko te hua ko te kupu ko te tikanga he "hoari iti" - spatula!
Nō reira, he rite te spatula ki te hoari o te kīhini!
Wā tuku: 27 o Ākuhata-2020
