matua

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS. Analytically ma- +‎ tua.

• IPA^(key): /matuˈʔa/ [ma.tuˈʔa]
• Hyphenation: ma‧tu‧a

matùa (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆᜓᜀ)

1. firstborn

   Antonym: nguhod

matua

1. Niʻihau form of makua (“parent”)

   O tou matua teia?

   Is this your parent?

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS. Analytically ma- +‎ tua. Cognate to Sambali matoa (“old; elderly; parent”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈtwa/ [məˈtwä]
• Hyphenation: ma‧tua

matua

1. old; aged; elderly (usually of people)

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

May have been originally restricted to the father (while the mother has whaea) but eventually broadened to cover both genders by Āpirana Ngata's time.^[1]

matua (irregular plural mātua)

1. parent
2. elder

• matua kēkē
• tāone matua

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

matua

1. parent

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa (“mature”). Cognates include Tuvaluan matua and Rapa Nui matu'a.

• IPA^(key): [ma.ˈtu.a]
• Hyphenation: ma‧tu‧a

matua

1. text
2. age

matua (plural mātutua)

1. (stative) to be adult
2. (stative) to be old
3. (stative) to be matured (ready for picking)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 231

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

matua

1. parent