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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!

#151: That is the house where I grew up (i... ai)
#49: His car is red
#74: The spoon is to the left of the plate
#50: Our car is yellow
#173: Trump is more bad than Obama
#145: Belonging to a reason
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