mataʻu

See also: matau, mātau, matáu, and mata'u

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Austronesian *matakut.

Noun

mataʻu

  1. fear

Verb

mataʻu

  1. to fear (feel fear about (something))

References

  • Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
  • “mataʻu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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