2. (stative) be cut about, cut up.
Kotahi tētahi tamaiti tāne, ka 17 ōna tau, i mate ki tērā motu, ki Te Waipounamu, i mau ki roto i tētahi mīhini, motumotu katoa taua tamaiti (TPH 30/11/1911:4). / A boy aged 17 died in the other island, the South Island, when he was caught in a machine and was cut up.
3. (modifier) separated.
Ko ngā whare motumotu o reira ehara i te whare, engari he tāone tonu pēnei me Ākarana nei te rarahi, he kore rawa a Pōneke (TWMNT 12/11/1873:156). / The separated buildings there are not houses, but it is a town equal in extent to Auckland, Wellington does not compare.
4. (modifier) discrete (maths).
He momo taurangi te motumotu ka tatauria ki te tauoti. Ko te tokomaha tāngata tētahi taurangi motumotu nā te mea e kore e taea te hautanga tangata. Ko ngā rā o te wiki tētahi anō taurangi motumotu, nā te mea e tū motuhake ana ia rā (TRP 2010:178). / Discrete is a type of variable that is counted with whole numbers. The number of people is a discrete variable because you can't have a fraction of a person. The days of the week is another discrete variable because each day is independent (TRP 2010:178).
5. (noun) separation.
Titiro atu tērā ki te piri o te tū o ngā whare, kāore he motumotu, piri tonu, ko ngā rori tonu te kaitiriwā i te whare (TWMNT 12/11/1873:156). / They looked at the houses standing in compact rows with no space between them whatever, just the streets separated the buildings.
Synonyms: whakamana wehenga, wehenga, whakawehewehe, weheruatanga, whakawehe, whakawehenga
6. (noun) firebrand, piece of burning wood, dumpling, doughboy.
Kātahi ka tahuna te umu, ka kā te umu, ka whakataona, kātahi ka mauria atu ngā motumotu o te umu rā, huihui ana ngā hau o te rangi (JPS 1927:280). / Then the oven was lit and heated, then the firebrands of the oven were taken away and the winds of the heavens assembled.
Synonyms: ngotungotu, ngōngotu, mōunga, kounga