mataʻu

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

Tahitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)takut, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)takut.

Noun[edit]

mataʻu

fear

Verb[edit]

mataʻu

to fear (feel fear about (something))

References[edit]

Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
“mataʻu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

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