moti
Bingham
móti
va. broken off, decided.
n. decision, judgment, a breaking off.
Sabatier
moti
n. (1) a piece, fragment, a bit, an end.
ex. te motina, ua moti, teni moti, etc.
n. (2) stop, cessation, end, interruption.
a. moti: broken, interrupted.
sup. moimoti, kirimotimoti: broken, smashed to smithereens.
moti1
a. ceased, finished, terminated, ended.
ex. e a moti ikena: he has expirede a moti ana taeka: his speech is ended.
vc. ka-mota: to make cease, to put an end to, to wait till the end, to let finish.
vt. motika: to break, to break off, to snap off, etc.
moti2
n. decision, resolution, regulation, sentence of judgement.
a. decided, resolved, regulated, agreed to, etc.
ex. e a moti te moti: it is decided.
n. te tia moti: the judge, the magistrate.
te moti n I-Matang: irrevocable decision, definitive.
te moti n I-Matang: irrevocable decision, definitive.
ant. motiraran.
vt. motika: to clinch the matter, to decide, to regulate, to judge.
n. te motikitaeka: the judgement.