2. (verb) to be solitary, desolate, deserted, uninhabited, devasted.
Kua pau ngā kāinga i te ahi, kua mōwai te whenua, kua mate kai ngā mōrehu (TTR 1990:294). / The villages had been razed by fire, the land devastated, and the survivers were starving.
3. (verb) to became moist.
4. (modifier) smooth, calm, solitary, desolate.
Ahiahi mōwai, ata roki (TP 10/1908:7). / A calm evening is followed by a settled morning.
