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1. (particle) then, so, exactly, indeed - used in questions to add emphasis.
E kore oti koe e haere? / Will you not go then?
Ko te pātai pea kei te korokoro o ētahi, he aha oti i pīrangitia ai ēnei kupu e te Taura Whiri? (HM 1/1995:5). / Perhaps the question some have is, so why does the Māori Language Commission want these words?
2. (particle) then, so, exactly, indeed - occassionaly used to add emphasis to utterances other than questions.
Tēnā oti kia wawe te whakamōhio mai mēnā e maunu ana tētahi o koutou i te kaupapa nei (HJ 2015:113). / So if any of you are pulling out of this project, please let me know urgently.
3. (particle) but - used as a conjunction.
Ko te āhua o tērā tangata, ki te kōrero, kāore i nui, kāore i roa, oti he poto (NM 1928:174). / The appearance of that man, and according to accounts, he was not big or tall, but was short.
