mōmona
1. (verb) to be fat, fatty, obese, in good condition, rich, fertile (of the land).
Hei te takurua hopukina ai te kiore. Koinei te wā e mōmona ana te kiore - he tūpuhi rawa i te raumati (Te Ara 2016). / The kiore were caught in winter. This was the time when the rats were in prime condition - in summer they were too thin.
2. (modifier) fat, fatty, obese, in good condition, rich, fertile (of the land).
Nā te mea kei te taha tonu taua whenua i te awa o Nūhaka, ka waipuke ana tēnei awa, ka mauria mai he oneone parakiwai o ngā whenua mōmona o runga, ka rukea ki runga i tō mātau whenua hai whakamōmona (HP 1991:14). / Because that land is beside the Nūhaka river, when it floods it brings down the silt of the fertile lands upstream and deposits it on our land to enrich it.
3. (noun) fat, obesity, in good condition, richness, fertility (of the land), corpulence, fatness.
Kei te mahara anō hoki ia kia nui ake te wēti o tana wūru, o te mōmona rānei o tana kau, puruki, aha atu rānei e whakatupuria ana i runga i tana pāmu (TTT 1/7/1929:1033). / He is also considering how to increase the weight of his wool, or the condition of his cows, bullocks, or whatever is raised on his farm.
Synonyms: mate mōmona, haumako, matū
