motu
1. (verb) (-hia,-kia) to sever, cut, cut off, set free, separate.
Synonyms: tuku, wete, wetewete, wewete, hātepe, hāporo, hauporo, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, tāuke, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi
2. (verb) to be separated, moved to a distance - especially in the phrase motu ki te ara.
3. (verb) to be set free, escape.
4. (stative) be cut, severed.
Synonyms: hāparapara
5. (noun) island, country, land, nation, clump of trees, ship - anything separated or isolated.
Synonyms: whenua, taiwhenua, tuawhenua, oneone, uta, pahī, kaipuke pūngao-karihi, wakatauā, wakatauā karihi, wakatauā whakatakere, tima, kaipuke, pora, puke, kīngitanga, iwi
6. (noun) cut, wound.