noti
1. (verb) (-a) to contract, tighten, pinch - as with a rope, band or ligature.
Ko te roa o te nākahi ka takatakaia ki te tangata, kātahi ka notia kekekeke ana, ā, mongamonga noa ngā wheua (MM.TKM 1/9/1855:7). / After the snake twines round and round the person, it squeezes tighter and tighter till it crushes his bones.
Synonyms: kikini, kini, kinikini, taukini, kukuti, kuti, whakakikini, nonoti, nanapi, pakini
