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mataara - to be alert, vigilant (s), to keep awake, observe (v)

Mataara. 1. v.i. Watch, keep awake. He kaimataara, a watchman.

2. Witness, observe. Mehemea kotahi tangata nana i mataara te po, ko tenei he tokomaha nga tangata mataara, koia i rere ke ai nga korero.

3. n. Song of watchman. He mataara pa na Ngapuhi (M. 79). = whakaaraara.

mata (i).

Williams Dictionary

Kia mataara!
Be alert!

#115: The and, but, although, however game
#42: I am eating your apple, you are eating my apple
#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
#64: She is always swimming in the sea
#124: Talking about more than one person
#43: We are going to his house
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