moe
1. (verb) to sleep, close (the eyes), dream, asleep.
He tēneti kariko te whare i moe ai a Meheka mā ki roto (TH 5/1859:4). / The dwelling inside which Meheka and the others slept was a calico tent.
Kātahi ka oho ake te tangata whenua e moe rā i roto o te whare (JPS 1990:141). / Then the local people, who were asleep in the house, woke up.
2. (verb) (-a) to marry, wed, sleep with, have sex.
Ka moe a Tūhourangi i a Rongomaipāpā ka puta ko Uenuku-kōpako (TTT 1/4/1924:24). / Tūhourangi married Rongomaipāpā and begat Uenuku-kōpako.
Synonyms: moemoe, whakamoemoe, mārena, rā
3. (verb) to die, dead.
Ko ngā tāngata o taua pā rā, moe tonu, kīhai i ora tētahi (W 1971:204). / The people of that pā were dead, no one survived.
4. (verb) to beget, born.
Mā Kahutia-te-rangi, mā te tangata i moea ki runga i te takapau wharanui (W 1971:204). / It is for Kahutia-te-rangi, the man who was born in lawful wedlock.
5. (noun) sleep, dream.
I roto i tana moe i kite ia i a Hātana e haere mai ana ki a ia, me te pukapuka anō i roto i tōna ringa (HKW 1/6/1898:2). / In his dream he saw Satan coming to him with the book in his hand.
