māunu
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to bait.
Kāore, ehara i te mea tūpono noa mai, engari he mea āta māunu ki te māunu e rite ana mō te pātiki - he toke, ko ngā toke ririki noa nei (TP 10/1911:10). / No, it is not as if they were caught by chance, but carefully baited with the bait appropriate for flounder - worms, just small worms.
2. (noun) bait.
Kāti, ko ngā māunu tino kino a te Pākehā kei runga i a tāua, i te iwi Māori, e hī ana kia mate, he waipiro, he hoko whenua, me ērā atu mea e rite ana ki ēnei (TP 10/1911:10). / Well, the really bad baits (temptations) on us, the Māori people, that we are fishing until we die are liquor, land sales and those other things like these.
