Mataio

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Mataio

1. (biblical) Matthew (biblical character; book of the Bible)
   • 2012 Baibala Hemolele, Mataio 9:9 (tr. KJV Matthew 9:9):

     A hele akula ʻo Iesū mai ia wahi aku, ʻike maila ia i kekahi kanaka e noho ana ma kahi hoʻokupu, ʻo Mataio kona inoa; ʻī maila ʻo ia iā ia, E hahai mai ʻoe iaʻu. Kū aʻela ia a hahai akula iā ia.

     And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Derived terms

• Makaio

References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 183