mātaki

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *maata-ki (“visit, inspect, observe”), from *mata (“see, look”).

Verb

mātaki (passive mātakina or mātakitia)(transitive)

  1. to watch
  2. to observe, to survey
  3. to inspect, to examine

Derived terms

Noun

mātaki

  1. inspection

Further reading

  • “mātaki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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