mātā1
1.
[Papatūānuku] ing .
Ētahi mea kua whakawhāitihia mai ki tētahi wāhi kia puke iti te noho mai.
Kua oti te māra te ngaki, inā kē te nui o te mātā tarutaru kua hua ake.
haupū
(3)
2.
[Papatūānuku] ing .
He hanga papatahi e hora ana ki tētahi mata, e takoto ana rānei i waenganui i ētahi mea e rua.
Ina titiro koe ki te pari, ka kitea atu ngā mātā kōhatu, kirikiri kua takoto mai i ngā tau tini whāioio.
papanga
(1)
mātā2
1.
[Papatūānuku] ing .
He pito whenua noho mākū tonu, he tāpokopoko, he hōhonu, me te tipuria e te raupō, e te harakeke, e te aha atu.
Kāore e mutu te tangi mai a te poraka i te mātā. (Te Haumihiata)
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mato , mātātā 1 }
2.
[Tāne] ing .
He rākau e 2 mita te tupu.
Rhabdothamnus solandri
kaikaiatua
1
mātā3
1.
[Tāne] ing .
He manu noho pātītī taranui, noho māheuheu, noho raupō me ērā momo wāhi.
Bowdleria punctata
mātātā
2
(1)
2.
[Tangaroa] ing .
He ika tai e 30-50 henemita te tipu.
Caprodon longimanus
maomao
2
(2)
mātā4
whare mātā
[Tāne] ing .
He whare e whakaritea ai, e whakaputua ai ngā taputapu mahi manu, mahi kiore, me ētahi atu taputapu e pā ana ki te ngahere.
Ko te whare mātā, he whare whāpiko rau huka (W 185)