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1. (stative) be satisfied (an account, score, etc.), satisfy, settled, avenged.
Ka ea te mate o Taurawhero rāua ko Koriwhai, me ērā atu o Ngā Puhi i matemate i Moremonui (TTR 1990:33). / The deaths of Taurawhero, Koriwhai, and other Ngā Puhi who died at Moremonui were avenged.
Synonyms: whakanā, whakatūtataki, whakanōhia, roki, mahuru, tatū
2. (stative) be satisfied (of a wish), fulfilled, gratified.
Ko te tūmanako o Īhāia kia noho mai he minita Pākehā ki tērā takiwā i Maketū rā. Nō te taenga mai o te minita rā, o S. M. Spencer me tana whānau i te tau 1870, ka ea tana wawata (TTR 1990:168). / Īhaia's desire was for a Pākehā missionary to be resident in that area of Maketū. With the arrival of the Reverend S. M. Spencer and his family in 1870, his wish was fulfilled.
3. (stative) be paid, paid in full.
Ka whakamutua e Te Tāpihana te hoko taonga ki a ia, kia ea rā anō ngā pū e ono (TTR 1990:2). / Tapsell stopped trading with him until the six guns were paid for.
Synonyms: pei
4. (stative) be repaid.
E hia ngā tau e whakahaerea ana i raro i te Poari ka ea ngā moni nama me te inatereti? (Te Pire Whakanohonoho Ki Te Tangata Whakahaere Hoki i Ngā Whenua Māori 25/10/1898). / How many years operating under the Board did it take before the debt and interest was repaid?
