2. (noun) peg, wedge - for tightening or securing something.
Kua pau aku mātiti hei whakamau i te tēneti. / My pegs for securing the tent have run out.
2. (noun) summer.
Kei te hoa, Mātene, nei ka noho i te rā o te waru, i te pō roa o te matiti, ka pātai ki a au anō, 'Auē e Koro, Mātene, kei hea rā koe ka ngaro whakaaitu nei?' (HM 1/1995:1). / My distinguished friend, Mātene, here I am sitting bereft in the long nights of summer, asking myself, 'Oh my elder, Mātene, where have you disappeared to so disastrously?'
i ngā rā o Matiti
1. better days are coming, things will improve.
Tangata 1: Kua pau katoa ngā kākahu, ngā taonga, katoa kua pau i te ahi. Tangata 2: I ngā rā o Matiti, e hoa! I roto i te wā ka pai ake! (HKKT 1/2011:13). / Person 1: The clothes and the property are all gone, everything has been destroyed by the fire. Person 2: Better days are coming, my friend! Things will get better in time!
