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matatū

1. (adjective) be watchful, wakeful, alert.

He matatū, he hakune a ia i roto i ana mahi (Ng 1993:88). / He was careful and deliberate in his actions (Ng 1993:88).

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2. (modifier) watchful, wakeful, alert.

He pono rā mā te ngākau matatū rāua ko te ngākau tūmatatenga, hohoro tonu te kite, ko te tino kai tēnei o roto o ngā ritenga katoa a 'Te Wananga' i a ia (TW 12/2/1879:23). / It is true that a wakeful and apprehensive heart will quickly see that this is the special meaning of all the procedures of 'Te Wananga'.

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3. (modifier) enduring, endurance, standing firm.

Ko Lily Copplestone o Aotearoa tonu tētahi o ngā kaikauhoe matatū, rāua ko te kaikauhoe rongonui, ko Mercedes Gleitze, nāna nei i kau te hawai o Ingarangi (TTR 1998:117). / Lily Copplestone of Aotearoa/New Zealand was one of the endurance swimmers, and the famous swimmer, Mercedes Gleitze, who swam the English channel.

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mātātū

1. (verb) to begin to flow (of the tide).

Kātahi anō te tai ka mātātū mai (W 1971:191). / The tide has just begun to flow.

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