oto

e otea taekau: he made up a story about me.
otea te kunikai, te beba: to fold material, paper.
te oto-beba: the act of folding paper.

Sabatier

oto

v. to break, to shatter, to smash, to bend.

fig. to compose, to invent; see otea.

n. oton, ototon: a break, a crack, a fracture, a pleat, a fragment.
te ototo: composition, invention, conjugation.

vt. (irr.) to break, to smash, to bend, to compose.

see otea, ototea.

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vt. (irr.) kaototoa: to make, to compose; see the following words.