matai

See also: matái, mâtai, and mataʻi

English

Etymology

Samoan matai

Noun

matai (plural matais or matai)

  1. A Samoan chief.
  2. A coniferous tree, Prumnopitys taxifolia, endemic to New Zealand.

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Anagrams

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matay (“die, dead”), from Proto-Austronesian *maCay (“die, dead”). Compare Indonesian mati.

Adjective

matai

  1. dead

Verb

matai

  1. die

French

Verb

matai

  1. first-person singular past historic of mater

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Verb

matai

  1. second-person singular present tense of matyti.

Portuguese

Verb

matai

  1. second-person plural imperative of matar

Samoan

Noun

matai

  1. headman; chief

Derived terms

  • fa'amatai

See also

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