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matera (mate ra)

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matera (mate raa)

a. (1) useless, vain.
syn. matebuaka.
a. (2) dear, costly, too dear, expensive.
syn. bora, bomatoa.
vc. kamataraea: to render vain, useless, too dear, to sell at high price.