2. (verb) (-a) to wipe out, forgive.
Kua murua ōna tini hara (PT Ruka 7:47). / Her sins, which are many, are forgiven.
3. (stative) be ended, brought to an end, cut short, finished.
Ka tangi me tōna iwi katoa me te iwi whenua hoki, ā, he nui te tangi o te Kīngi, ā, pau ana te hāora me te hāwhe e tangi ana, ka mutu, ka tū ia ki runga, ka poroporoaki ki a Te Hāpuku (KO 15/5/1883:7). / He and all his people and the local people cried and great was the lamenting of the King and it was for one and a half hours before he stopped and stood up and farewelled Te Hāpuku.
4. (stative) be cropped, amputated, truncated, having the end cut off.
I tōna whakaaro nui kia ora ia, pōutoa ana e ia tōna ringa - pai atu te ringa mutu i te rua o ngā ringa ki te urupā (TP 1/12/1901:5). / Because his sole focus was to survive, he cut off his hand - better an amputated hand than two hands in the cemetery.
5. (noun) amputee.
Ko te mea i whanokē ai taua mārenatanga he mutu taua wahine i mārenatia rā, kāore ōna ringaringa. Ko te rīngi i kuhua ki te toru o ngā matimati o te waewae mauī (TWMNT 3/11/1874:278). / The thing that was peculiar about that wedding was that the bride was an amputee, she had no arms. The ring had to be placed on the third toe of her left foot.
6. (noun) perch carrying a snare to catch birds.
See also ka mutu te ...
7. (noun) core element, essence.
Kei konei te mutu o te tuhingaroa nei (WT 2013:15). / The core element of this thesis is here (WT 2013:15).
