mōmona

1. (verb) to be fat, fatty, obese, in good condition, rich, fertile (of the land).

Hei te takurua hopukina ai te kiore. Koinei te wā e mōmona ana te kiore - he tūpuhi rawa i te raumati (Te Ara 2016). / The kiore were caught in winter. This was the time when the rats were in prime condition - in summer they were too thin.

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2. (modifier) fat, fatty, obese, in good condition, rich, fertile (of the land).

Nā te mea kei te taha tonu taua whenua i te awa o Nūhaka, ka waipuke ana tēnei awa, ka mauria mai he oneone parakiwai o ngā whenua mōmona o runga, ka rukea ki runga i tō mātau whenua hai whakamōmona (HP 1991:14). / Because that land is beside the Nūhaka river, when it floods it brings down the silt of the fertile lands upstream and deposits it on our land to enrich it.

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Synonyms: rari, whairawa, haumako, rangatira, ngenge

3. (noun) fat, obesity, in good condition, richness, fertility (of the land), corpulence, fatness.

Kei te mahara anō hoki ia kia nui ake te wēti o tana wūru, o te mōmona rānei o tana kau, puruki, aha atu rānei e whakatupuria ana i runga i tana pāmu (TTT 1/7/1929:1033). / He is also considering how to increase the weight of his wool, or the condition of his cows, bullocks, or whatever is raised on his farm.

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Synonyms: mate mōmona, haumako, matū

Mōmona

1. (loan) (modifier) Mormon.

Me kōrero anō e koe aku kōrero tuatahi mō te Hāhi Mōmona, kāore anō kia tino mau i a koe (TP 1/12/1899:6). / You should reread my first account about the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), which you have not yet fully grasped.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Mormon.

Tokorua ngā tino tāngata i roto i taua kōrero tara, ko Mōmona rāua ko tāna tamaiti… (HKW 4/1898:3). / There were two main characters in that narrative, Mormon and his son…

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3. (loan) (noun) Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Titiro ki tēnei kauhau a te Mōmona... (TP 7/1908:5). / Look at this preaching of the Mormon...

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Synonyms: Moromona

Hāhi Mōmona

1. (loan) (noun) Mormon Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Nā tētahi o ngā pakeke o Ngāti Rākaipākā, nō te Hāhi o te Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri nei, arā, te Hāhi Mōmona, i tuku tētahi pānga whenua hai whakatū i a Kahungunu ki runga (HP 1991:80). / One of the elders of Ngāti Rākaipākā belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that is the Mormon Church, ceded a piece of land on which to erect Kahungunu.

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