It means father. Another word for father in Maori is Papa.
matua keke/ matua karanga
pāpā or matua
Pāpā, Matua.
You can say "te mārena a tōku whaea me tōku matua" in Maori, which translates to "my mother and father's wedding".
In Māori, the word for aunt is "whaea."
matua keke/ matua karanga
pāpā or matua
Pāpā, Matua.
matua
papa, matua
papa, or matua.
You can say "te mārena a tōku whaea me tōku matua" in Maori, which translates to "my mother and father's wedding".
Matua or Papa. C/O Ngata Dictionary
In Māori, the word for aunt is "whaea."
Whāea whakaangi = step mother Matua whakaangi = step father
Ki te ingoa o te Matua, o te Tamaiti, o te Wairua Tapu. Āmene.
The population of Matua - island - is 0.