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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.