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matahi continued. 



T (Pau., Ta.: matahiapo, the first born. 

 Ha. : makahiapo, id. Mangaia: ma- 

 taiapo, a chief. Ma. : matahiapo, 

 a chief, precious.) 

 No great weight attaches to the sug- 

 gested identifications, for the sense con- 

 nection is tenuous or obscure. In the 

 Tongafiti forms which contain matahi the 

 latter member of the composite avoids 

 analysis, and the suggestion that it is 

 mata-hiapo leads nowhere. 

 mataika pearl. 



matamataika id. 

 matakao oar, paddle; clitoris. 

 matakeva blind, one-eyed. 



matakekeva to look sidewise, to dazzle. 

 matakevakeva sleepy, drowsy. 

 hakamatakeva to shade the view, to 



blink. 

 Mgv. : matakevo, dim-sighted, one-eyed, 

 squinting. 

 mataki open, to expand, to clear up (of 

 weather), to open into, to debouch. 

 mataki hakahou, mataki iho, to reopen. 

 PS To. : mataki, well spread out, stretched 

 out. 

 mataku alarm, fear, cowardice, terror, 

 timid, danger, peril, perplexity; to 

 fear, to tremble. 

 tae mataku, brave, hardihood. 

 hiriga t mataku, to go fearlessly. 

 matahi ke, dangerous, strange, for- 

 midable, sinister. 

 mataku no, scruple. 

 e ko mataku, security. 

 mataku verega kore, scruple. 

 matakua terrified. 



hakamataku to alarm, affright, scare, 

 terrify. 

 P Pau.: mataku, fear. Mgv.: mataku, 

 frightened. Mq.: hadmetaii, fear. 

 Ta. : mataii, id. 

 The vowel variety in Marquesas finds 

 a slight echo far back along the migration 

 track in Efate and once in Torres Straits. 

 matamata (mata 4) sound of water. 

 matamataika (mataika) snow, pearl. 

 matamataki (mata i-mataki) to examine, 

 to pry into. 

 P Pau.: matakitaki, to pay a visit. Ta. : 

 mataitai, to see, to visit. 

 This is found in Nuclear Polynesia in 

 Samoa tulimata'i to look steadfastly; in 

 Tonga mataki to spy; in Futuna mataki 

 to watch, to examine. 

 matanevaneva drowsy, sleepy. 

 matapea tattooing on the body. 

 matapo blind, one-eyed. 



P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta. : matapo, id. 

 mataporeko to stare at. 

 matapupura spy, to keep the eyes on one 



all the time. 

 mataputi chubby cheeks. 

 matara (ma-tara) to loose, to untie. 



P Pau. : hakamataratara, to unloose, to 

 slacken. Mgv. : akamatara, to cut 

 the first thread of a piece of cloth 



matara continued. 



so that it may be torn across. Ta. : 

 matara, to be loosed, untied, par- 

 doned. 

 matariki maea matariki, stone used for the 



images T. 

 mataritorito (mata 2-ritorito) gentle. 

 matatea (mata l-tea) to look at one's cloth- 

 ing through vanity. 

 matateatea (mata 2-teatea) pale. 



Mq. : matatea, white, of light color, not 

 tattooed. Ta. : matatea, pale. 

 matatikea (mata i-tikea) to testify. 

 matatoa (mata 2-toa) warlike, brave, auda- 

 cious, courage, warrior, soldier, vic- 

 tor, victory. 

 hakamatatoa to drill, to discipline, 

 to encourage, to struggle. 

 PS Sa. : matatoa, brave-looking. 

 matatopa (fnata 2-topa) modest, modesty. 

 matatoua (mata 2-toua) hostile appearance. 

 matau (mata 7-11) nipple, teat. 

 matau 1 right. 



rima matau, right hand. 

 P Ta. : atau, right. Sa. : matau, id. 



Probably matau is Proto-Samoan. The 

 Tongafiti form is katau (Maori, Raro- 

 tonga), Paumotu kotau: by loss of k this 

 becomes atau in Tahiti and akau in Hawaii. 

 matau 2 left (a sense-invert). 

 rima matau, left hand. 

 kaokao matau, left side. 

 matau 3 brave warrior, hero; courage; 

 ardent, bold, martial, celebrated; 

 to drill, to affront. 

 hakamatau to disciplline, to drill, to 

 struggle, to encourage, to rely on. 

 matau 4 rustic. 



mataui (mata l-ui) glance; to watch, to fix 

 the eyes on. 

 mataui a raro, modest, modesty. 

 matavai (mata 4-vai) a tear, lamentation, 



to weep T. 

 mate death, to die, to be ill, to be unfor- 

 tunate. 

 hakamate to kill. 

 P Pau. : mate, to die. Mgv. : mate, to be 

 sick, dead, love, ardent desire. 

 Mq.: mate, illness, death, grief. 

 Ta. : mate, death, illness. (The 

 Polynesian Wanderings, 373.) 

 matea lifeless, passionate 

 matega death. 



Mgv. : matega, illness, death. 

 matekeo (mate-keo) pulmonary disease. 

 matemanava (mate-manava) to marvel at. 

 matemate to have a slight illness, to suffer 



pain. 

 materaa (mate-raa) sunstroke. 

 matevai (mate-vai) thirst. 

 matoru thick, bushy. 



matorutoru thick, opaque; not com- 

 pact (a sense-invert). 

 hakamatoru to stock. 

 hakamatorutoru to thicken. 

 P Mgv.: matoru, thick, gross, heavy, dull. 

 Mq.: matoutou, motoii, thick. Ta. : 



