ata madaka

Laboya

Etymology

Literally, "big men".

Noun

ata madaka

1. (historical) social stratum of free people characterized by ownership of land, slaves, buffaloes, pigs and horses

   Antonym: (children of men) ata ana

2. social stratum of people who descend from slave owners, and who possess land, buffaloes, pigs and horses

   Antonym: (small men) ata maraha

Holonyms

• lima

References

• Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992) “ata madaka”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, page 193