From Proto-Polynesian *kaumatuqa[1] related to Proto-Polynesian *matuqa, analyzed as kau + mātua (see Hawaiian ʻaumakua).[2] Doublet of koromatua.
kaumātua
- An elder
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kau-matua”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 137
- “kaumātua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
