The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*mapat heavy; weighty, important

POC mapat heavy; weighty, important

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Sori mapa-ŋ heavy
Nggela mava heavy; important; dignified
mavat-i be heavy on; to oppress, weigh down, as thoughts
Anuta ma-mapa heavy
Samoan ma-mafa heavy; weighty, important
Wailengi mava heavy
Lingarak i-mav heavy
Katbol i-map heavy
Avava map heavy
Axamb a-mev heavy
Mele-Fila mafa heavy