mōtī
1. (stative) be consumed, scarce, perished.
Ko ngā tāngata katoa o Hūra i te whenua o Īhipa, ka poto i te hoari, i te hemokai hoki, ā mōtī noa rātou (PT Heremaia 44:27). / All the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine until there be an end of them.
Synonyms: pūhore, mōmōhanga, nihoroa, mokomokorea, whakaonge, mokorea, ongeonge
2. (stative) be surfeited, satiated, overfull.
Koia nei hoki taku mate. Ka whākana noa iho aku konohi ki te kai i ngā manu, i kī rā au, ka pau i a au ngā mea e toru, ko tētahi wāhi noa iho o te mea kotahi; mōtī tonu atu au (HP 1991:255). / This is my problem. When I see the birds, I say that I will consume three, but after only a part of the first one and I'm satiated.
3. (stative) be destroyed.
Whakapaea iho e rātou, ā mōtī ake i a rātou ngā hua o te whenua, ā tae noa koe ki Kāha, kīhai hoki i mahue tētahi oranga mō Iharaira, kāhore he hipi, he kau, he kāihe rānei (PT Kaiwhakariterite 6:4). / And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
