Mātiti. 1. n. Peg, wedge, for tightening or securing anything.
2. A wooden rack or grid on which birds were placed before a fire for roasting as huahua. So ahi matiti, a fire with such apparatus.
3. A tree frequented by birds, and there fore resorted to for fowling.
4. a. fig. In flocks, numerous. Matiti ana te haere o te kōkō ki runga ki te kahikatea, katahi ka tapā te ingoa o taua rakau ko te matiti. ‖ 2, 3, above.
5. v.t. Fasten with a peg. Me matiti to taua whare kia kore ai e taea e te poaka.
6. Mark with a peg.
‖ titi.
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Matiti (i). 1. n. A star indicating the summer. Ko Matiti ki te ao, ko Uruao ki runga (M. 164).
2. Summer. He huanga ki matiti, he tama ki tokerau (P. 13). Tenei ka noho i te po roa o matiti (W. v, 18, where White translates the long nights, instead of the long season). Five subdivisions of the season were indicated by the addition of the terms tau, hana, kaiwai, kaipaenga, and ruwai; matititau beginning some time in November, and the final one ending in April.
3. a. Withered, weakened.
4. v. Bask. He matiti ki te ra. = parara, painaina.
whakamatiti. 1. v.i. Cause to wither.
2. n. A spell, also called ahi whakamatiti, for causing the limbs of the person influenced to dry up and wither. Koi hikaia koe ki te ahi o te ruhi, ahi o te ruhi, ki te ahi o te ngenge, ki te ahi o te whakamatiti (S.).
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Matiti (ii), v.i. Split, crack. Ka whakahua i tana kupu, “Te kowhatu nei, e, matiti, matata.” Kua matata (T. 96).
mātititi, a. Cracked, split.
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