2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to smoke (cigarettes, pipe, etc.).
Ko Reupena e kai mai ana i tana paipa i roto i te timera, whakarongo puku ana ki te kupu a tana wahine, engari kātahi ka kaha rawa te momi i tana paipa, te puhapuha atu i te paoa (TH 1/2/1860:3). / Reuben was smoking his pipe in the chimney secretly listening to what his wife said, but then the sucking of his pipe and the blowing of the smoke became stronger.
Synonyms: kōrere wai, paipa, kōrere, pū
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to swallow up.
Nō te mutunga o te riri o te puia ka ngaro ngā kōtiro tokorua rā, tētahi Pākehā nō Ākarana, me Hōhepa Wōpereki, kua oti te momi e te roto (TP 9/1903:10). / When the ferocity of the eruption ended those two girls, a Pākehā from Auckland and Joseph Warbrick were missing having been completely swallowed up by the lake.
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to hum.
Ka taea tonutia e au te waiata momi i te rangi (HP 1991:33). / I'm still able to hum the tune.
5. (verb) (-hia,-a,-tia) to kiss.
He tokomaha o te iwi Māori i ringaringa ki a ia, ko ētahi wāhine toa i momi i tōna ringa (TKO 30/6/1920:5). / Many of the Māori people shook hands with him and some brave women kissed his hand.
Synonyms: kihi
