1. (verb) (-ria,-tia) to paralyse with a spell, render immobile with a ritual chant.
I mate te wheke o Muturangi ki Tuahiwi-nui-o-Moko i te whanga o Raukawa nei, he mea mātāpou nā Kupe (JPS 1928:72). / Muturangi's octopus died at Tuahiwi-nui-o-Moko in Cook Strait here, it was rendered immobile by Kupe's ritual chant.
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