matai

Bingham

mataái

vi. look covetously.

n. covetousness.

mæ/tai

n. the early flood tide.

va. beginning to rise as the tide.

matai

n. concupiscence of the eyes, covetousness, ambition.

note. for taste buru and ngenge; for sex tatan, kaitatan.

v. matai, mamatai, kakamatai: to covet, to envy, to desire.

a. ae matai: ambitious, envious, desirous.

vc. kamataia: to make envious, to make jealous.

matai¹

n. when the tide begins to rise.

syn. te moan ranga, te matanei.

v. kamatai: to wait till..., to let the tide rise.