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mataku

Bingham

mætáku

vi. look on as a sightseer at something going on near by.
n. witnessing of something going on, the people who go to the sight.

mætakuú

va. unevenly braided as a mat.
n. unevenly braided mat.

Sabatier

mataku

n. the act of looking with attention, with curiousity.
va. mataku, mamataku: to look at, to contemplate, to examine.
vt. matakuakina: to look at a spectacle.
a. kamataku, kakamataku: interesting to see, a curious spectacle.
vc. kamatakua, kaka...: to let see, to let contemplate, to amaze, to entertain, to amuse by showing or doing something for spectators.

mataku1

n. a mat badly woven, not flat.

Topics: Weaving and crafts