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matara

Bingham

mæ/taraa

va. declining or ashamed to address another with whom one has quarreled.

Sabatier

matara

a. embarrassed, ill at ease (as after a quarrel, a reconciliation).
vc. kamataraea: to make ill at ease.

matara1

a. ill fated, inauspicious.
ex. e mata ra am bong: your day seems badly chosen.

Topics: Feelings and character