nonoti
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to contract, tighten, pinch - as with a rope, band or ligature - nōtia in the passive.
Kātahi ka kowheta te hiku, ka rongo hoki i te mamae o ngā taura kua nonoti tonu rā i waenganui o te puku (TWM 15/7/1865:3). / Then its tail thrashed about as it felt the pain of the ropes tightening around its stomach.
Synonyms: kikini, kini, kinikini, taukini, kukuti, kuti, whakakikini, nanapi, noti, pakini
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to throttle, strangle, garrotte.
Mā te wahine tonu anō e tohe kia whakamatea ia kia whai atu tōna wairua i muri i tana tāne. He mea anō mā te tama e nonoti i te kakī o tōna whaea kia whai atu te wairua ki muri i tōna pāpā (TWM 24/10/1867:3). / The wife herself would insist that she be killed so that her spirit would follow after her husband. Another way was for the son to strangle his mother so her spirit would follow after his father.
3. (noun) saddle (between two peaks of a mountain).
