mātua

mātua

1. Niʻihau form of mākua (“parents”)

   Ua hele na ​​mātua i ta hale.

   The parents went to the house.

In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. The usual spelling is matua, not to be confused with matua.

mātua

1. plural of matua

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa (“parent”). Cognates include Hawaiian makua and Samoan matuā.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.tu.a]
• Hyphenation: mā‧tu‧a

mātua

1. mother
2. aunt
3. (in the plural) parents

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 231