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mataku

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Kongo

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màtákò.

Noun

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mataku

  1. buttock

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *mataku,[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *mataku, from Proto-Oceanic *matakut,[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Austronesian *matakut. Cognates include Hawaiian and Samoan mataʻu and Tokelauan mataku.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈtaku/ [mɐˈtɐkʉ]

Adjective

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mataku

  1. afraid

Verb

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mataku

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

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MA-TAKU”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  2. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2016), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volumes 5: People: Body and Mind, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 584–5.
  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “mataku”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *mataku.

Adjective

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mataku

  1. afraid

Verb

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mataku

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