matemate-ā-one
1. (verb) to die and become like soil.
Kāore a Hinenui-te-pō i whakaae, ko tana whakautu ki a Māui, ‘E kāo ka whakamatea e au te tangata i te ao i te pō, kia tangihia ai ō koutou mate, kia matemate-ā-one ai koutou ki a koutou anō.’ (Te Ara 2011). / Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of the underworld, did not agree and her answer to Māui was, 'No, I will kill people day and night so that our dead will be cried over and become like soil.
2. (noun) deep affection, profound affection for one's land and people, condition or state that elicits certain cultural responses from indigenes.
Ka kite ia i tōna kuia, ka pupū ake te matemate-ā-one ki tana ūkaipō. / When she saw her grandmother the deep affection for her real home welled up.
