2. (verb) (-a) to wipe out, forgive.
Kua murua ōna tini hara (PT Ruka 7:47). / Her sins, which are many, are forgiven.
3. (stative) be ended, brought to an end, cut short, finished.
Ka tangi me tōna iwi katoa me te iwi whenua hoki, ā, he nui te tangi o te Kīngi, ā, pau ana te hāora me te hāwhe e tangi ana, ka mutu, ka tū ia ki runga, ka poroporoaki ki a Te Hāpuku (KO 15/5/1883:7). / He and all his people and the local people cried and great was the lamenting of the King and it was for one and a half hours before he stopped and stood up and farewelled Te Hāpuku.
4. (stative) be cropped, amputated, truncated, having the end cut off.
I tōna whakaaro nui kia ora ia, pōutoa ana e ia tōna ringa - pai atu te ringa mutu i te rua o ngā ringa ki te urupā (TP 1/12/1901:5). / Because his sole focus was to survive, he cut off his hand - better an amputated hand than two hands in the cemetery.
5. (noun) amputee.
Ko te mea i whanokē ai taua mārenatanga he mutu taua wahine i mārenatia rā, kāore ōna ringaringa. Ko te rīngi i kuhua ki te toru o ngā matimati o te waewae mauī (TWMNT 3/11/1874:278). / The thing that was peculiar about that wedding was that the bride was an amputee, she had no arms. The ring had to be placed on the third toe of her left foot.
6. (noun) perch carrying a snare to catch birds.
See also ka mutu te ...
7. (noun) core element, essence.
Kei konei te mutu o te tuhingaroa nei (WT 2013:15). / The core element of this thesis is here (WT 2013:15).
2. come or gone without exception, completed.
3. spear thrown towards the advancing enemy by way of challenge and omen.
ka mutu
1. and also, and furthermore, as well as that, and what's more - an idiom used to add a further idea to that which has already been stated.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 124;)
Me āta whakaaro e te kaikōrero he aha tāna e hiahia ana ki te kōrero, ka mutu, kaua e hokia atu ki ngā mihi ki ngā mate me te hunga ora pērā anō me ā ētahi i tū atu ai i mua atu i a ia. / The orator should consider carefully what he wants to say, and furthermore, shouldn't repeat acknowledgements to the dead and the living similar to speakers that have stood before him.
taringa mutu
1. (noun) stubborn person.
I a au e tamariki ana, ki te kore au e aro ki te kupu a taku whaea, kua perea e ia taku taringa, ā kua mea mai 'taringa mutu!' (HJ 2012:12). / When I was young, if I didn't take notice of what my mother said, she would have flicked my ear and said 'stubborn one' to me.
ka mutu koe
1. you're the one, you're marvellous, you're neat all right, you're awesome, you're too much - an idiom to praise someone or their work.
Tio: Kotahi rau paiheneti taku māka mō taku whakamātautau pāngarau, e Mā. Whaea: Ka mutu koe! / Joe: My mark for my maths exam was a hundred percent, Mum. Mother: You're neat all right!
Iho-mutu
1. (personal noun) nineth lunar month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to February and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Huitanguru
ka mutu pea
1. how great, how marvellous, how wonderful - an idiom used to praise a person or something.
Ka rawe kē te māra a Te Rauhina. Āe tonu. Ka mutu pea. / How wonderful Te Rauhina's garden is. Yes, indeed. It's great.
Mō te hōhonu o ngā whakaaro, me te mārama o te reo, ka mutu pea i tēnā tangata (HJ 2012:28). / For the depth of ideas and the clarity of the language, that man is marvelous.
