The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value tua

Language:
Malay
Parameter:
age; matured; old; senior; deep (of coloring); free from alloy (of metals). In terms of relationship like it signifies that the person so described has a father’s position (i.e. he is an uncle), and more so in point of age: in other words, he is a father’s elder brother [ee6468c0551cd132bcf0aede62c6da3f]
References
Wilkinson 1959