matira

From Proto-Polynesian *ma-tila (“bamboo, bamboo fishing rod, bamboo knife”), from *tila (“mast, yardarm”).

matira

1. To fish (with a rod)

matira

1. lookout

   E whakanohohia tētahi tangata i runga i te taumata matira i ngā rā katoa hei matira ki te tangata haere, ki te ope taua rānei.

   A man was stationed on the lookout summit every day to watch the travellers, or for war parties.

matira

1. fishing rod
2. lookout

• tira (“mast”)

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

From ma- +‎ tira (“remain”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /matiˈɾa/ [mɐ.t̪ɪˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧ti‧ra

matirá (complete natira, progressive natitira, contemplative matitira, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜇ)

1. to remain; to be left

   Walang natira sa pera ko.

   Nothing was left from my money.

• tumira

From ma- +‎ tira (“shoot”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈtiɾa/ [mɐˈt̪iː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧ti‧ra

matira (complete natira, progressive natitira, contemplative matitira, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜇ)

1. to be albe to shoot
2. to be able to be shot

• tumira