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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.

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Williams Dictionary

Kia mataara!
Be alert!

#92: Chop the vegetables
#19: Your armpit smells delicious
#74: The spoon is to the left of the plate
#62: Have you heard the bird that is singing in the morning?
#112: If I was a goldfish I'd live in a lily pond
#128: I don't have any dogs, you don't have any dogs, they don't have any dogs
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