tinei
1. (verb) (-a) to put out, quench, extinguish (fire, electricity), switch off (an electric current or device), destroy, kill.
Ā pau noa ngā rā tekau mā tahi me ngā pō hoki e tinei ana i te ahi, kore rawa e taea, i tēnei takiwā kua tata tonu te ahi ki te wāhi e takoto ana ngā pāka paura (HTK 8/7/1893:7). / And for eleven days and nights we were fighting to extinguish the fire without success and at this time the fire was quite close to the place where the boxes of gunpowder were lying.
Synonyms: tope, tukituki, whakahinga, whakamate, patu, tipoko, meto, whakapoko, whakaweto, tinetinei, pirau, piro, poko
2. (noun) extinguishment, elimination, obliteration, extinguishing.
E kore te aroha e taea te tinei (HKW 1/12/1901:10). / Love will never be extinguished.
Synonyms: orotā, whakangaro, whakangaromanga
