mataʻu

See also: mata'u

Tahitian

Etymology

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

Noun

mataʻu

fear

Verb

mataʻu

to fear (feel fear about (something))

References

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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