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oti

1. (stative) be finished, accomplished, complete - when used with atu or mai it means gone or come for good.

Ko ia ki te whakahaere i ngā ōkiha e waru e kukume ana i ngā rākau kauri kua oti te tua ki raro, ki waho o te ngāhere (HP 1991:24). / He controlled the eight oxen pulling the kauri trees, which had been cut down, out of the forest.
Kua oti kē i a rātau te kōrero ko wai ka whai mai i a wai, i a wai, i a wai (Milroy 2015). / They had already talked about who should follow who.

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