mātaotao. 1. a. Cool, cold. He marae kino, mataotao, he kai kore i a au (M. 230).
2. v.i. Die out, be extinguished, of feelings, recollection, claim to land, etc. Kaore e tika kia noho ki kona he tangata, engari kia mataotao nga mate. (Said of a place where blood had been shed.) Kua mataotao ko te mauri.
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