1. (noun) kinship group, tribe, clan, race.
Ko ōna mātua i heke ngātahi mai i ngā tūpuna taketake o ō rāua matawaka (TTR 1990:296). / Both his parents were descended from the founding ancestors of their tribes.
See also mātāwaka
Synonyms: iwi, mātāwaka, hapū, hapori, pūtoi, whakaoma, tauomaoma, reihi, tauwhawhai, momo, tuoma, rēhi, rere, rērehi, peo, karapetapeta, whakataetae
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