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.