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'.
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.