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matoa

Bingham

mæ/toa

a. established, firm, hard.

Sabatier

matoa

n. firmness, solidity, hardness, resistance.
a. ae matoa: hard, firm, strong.
sup. mamatoa, koromatoa, matoaningining: very..., extremely...
vc. kamatoa, kamatoatoa, ka-koromatoa: to strengthen, to fortify, to make resistant.
suf. used in many compound words meaning solidity.
ex. tei matoa, bae matoa, etc.