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matanaine

Bingham

mætanáine

vi. look lustfully at a woman.
n. lustful staring on the part of a man.

Sabatier

matanaine

a. resembling a woman in way of acting, effeminate, timid, modest, timorous.
vc. kamatainea: to be timid, confused, afraid of...