matangaro
1. (verb) to be absent.
I tētehi o ngā hui koroneihana tuatahi i Waahi – i konei katoa ngā koroneihana i te wā i a Korokī – ka rere te kupu a Haunui Tāwhiao kia matangaro a Korokī i te marae (TTR 1998:86-87). / At one of the first coronation hui at Waahi, an annual event throughout Koroki's reign, Haunui Tāwhiao advocated that Korokī should be absent from the marae.
2. (modifier) absent, missing.
Ka whēnako te whaea ki ana tama matangaro (Ng 1993:42). / The mother brooded over her absent sons.
Synonyms: ngaro
