2. (verb) to die out, be extinguished - of feelings, recollection, claim to land, etc.
Kua roa rawa tōku kore nei e hoki mai ki tōku marae, nā reira, kua āhua mātaotao taku ahi i te roa o tōku ngarohanga atu (Rewi 2005:58). / It had been too long since I had returned to my marae and so my fire had become somewhat cold because of my absence.
3. (modifier) cool, cold.
He kāinga a Rotorua nō ngā mea whakamīharo: ngā wai koropupū, ngā puia, ngā puna mātaotao, me ngā wai ratarata (TTT 1/7/1928:811). / Rotorua is a place of amazing things: boiling water, geysers, cool springs with clear water.
4. (noun) cold.
Ka pātukituki au i te whatitoka. He wahine nāna i huaki mai, ka titiro mai ki a au e tū ana, e mate ana, e hūwiniwini ana, e ākina ana e te marangai; hūkeke noa ana aku niho, ko tōku tinana katoa matangurunguru ana i te mātaotao (TWMNT 20/4/1875:87). / I knocked on the doorway. It was a woman that opened it and she looked at me standing there in trouble, chilled to the bone, lashed by the rain with my teeth chattering and my whole body numb from the cold.
