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• kaumātua

  1. (verb) (-tia) to grow old, grow up.   I te mea kua tino kaumātua rawa atu te Mohi Tūrei rāua ko Tamihana Huata, ka whakaarohia e te Hāhi me penihana rāua (Pipi 4/1907 wh4).Because Mohi Tūrei and Tamihana Huata are very elderly, the church thinks that they should receive pensions.
  2. (noun) adult, elder, elderly man, elderly woman, old man.   I kite te kaumātua nei i te whakakaraunatanga o tētahi o āna tama hei kīngi mō Kirihi, ko tētahi he kāwana nō Kiriti (Pipi 2/1906 wh4).This old man saw the crowning of one of his sons as King of Greece, and one son is Governor of Crete.
  3. (stative) be elderly, old, aged.   Ka puta mai he tangata kaumātua he hina te māhunga (THNT 21/5/1863 wh4).An elderly man with grey hair appeared.