matapō
1. (verb) (-tia) to be blind.
E mahara ana mātou e whiua ana he puehu ki roto ki ngā kanohi o ngā Mema o te Pāremete kia matapōtia ai; ā, ahakoa he reo mana kore tō mātou reo, e mea ana mātou he tika kia hamumu ake mātou ki te whakahoki i tēnei mahi whakapeau kē i te pono (TWMNT 2/10/1878:54). / We consider that dust is being thrown into the eyes of the Members of Parliament so that they are blinded, and, despite our voice lacking influence, we consider it right to raise it to respond to this perversion of the truth.
2. (modifier) blind, sightless, unseeing.
Atawhai atu, ngākaunui atu a Hongi Hika ki tana wahine matua ki a Turikatuku. He wahine matapō (TTR 1990:20). / Hongi Hika treated his senior wife, Turikatuku, with kindness. She was a blind woman.
See also matakerepō
3. (noun) blind person.
Tērā ētehi merekara i meatia nā Hikapuhi. Kotahi o ēnei ko tōna whakakitenga i tētehi matapō o Te Wairoa (TTR 1996:54). / Some miracles were achieved by Hikapuhi, including the curing of a blind person at Wairoa.
