mōkete
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to take out a mortgage.
Ki te kore ngā tāngata o ngā karāti e mōkete, e hoko rānei i ō rātou whenua hei utu mō ā rātou nama, ka tangohia, ka hokona te whenua (TW 12/2/1875:1). / Unless the grantees mortgaged or sold their land in payment of their debts, the land would be taken and sold.
2. (loan) (noun) mortgage.
Kaua te mea kotahi o koutou e tuhituhi i ō koutou ingoa, ki te pukapuka hoko whenua, ki te rīhi whenua rānei, ki te mōkete whenua rānei (TW 27/7/1878:370). / Not one of you should sign your names on a land-sale document, a land lease, or a land mortgage.
