matai
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matai (plural matais or matai)
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matai (plural matais or matai)
- A coniferous tree, Prumnopitys taxifolia, endemic to New Zealand.
- 2008, “The Peppertree”, in Friars Guide to New Zealand Accommodation for the Discerning Traveller 2009[1], Auckland: Hodder Moa, page 150:
- Constructed from the native timbers rimu, kauri, or matai, the interior has been refurbished in sympathy with the era of the home. The five bedrooms are individually designed, all with private balconies or verandahs.
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- Prumnopitys taxifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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From Pre-Chamorro *matay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matay (“die, dead”), from Proto-Austronesian *maCay (“die, dead”). Compare Indonesian mati.
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matai
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matai
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matai
- first-person singular past historic of mater
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matai
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of matar
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mataĩ
- second-person singular present of matýti (“to see”)
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mãtai
- nominative/vocative plural of mãtas (“measure”)
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matai
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matai