matai

Borrowed from Samoan matai.

matai (plural matais or matai)

1. A Samoan chief.

Borrowed from Maori mataī.

matai (plural matais or matai)

1. A coniferous tree, Prumnopitys taxifolia, endemic to New Zealand.
   • 2008, “The Peppertree”, in Friars Guide to New Zealand Accommodation for the Discerning Traveller 2009‎, 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.

• Prumnopitys taxifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Amati, Atami, IAMAT, Tamia, aim at

From Pre-Chamorro *matay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matay (“die, dead”), from Proto-Austronesian *maCay (“die, dead”). Compare Indonesian mati.

matai

1. dead

matai

1. die

matai

1. first-person singular past historic of mater

• aimât
• tamia

matai

1. second-person singular present of matyti

matai

1. second-person plural imperative of matar

matai

1. headman; chief

• fa'amatai

• ali'i
• gagana fa'aaloalo
• ao