The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value matua

Language:
Samoan
Parameter:
(of fruit, etc.), be mature, but not fully ripe; (of people), (be) adult, grown up; (be) older, elder; (be) old; (of bush, forest) be dense, thick; age; parent [2a1ac8686edd3edea0aca9b11bb64eca]
References
Milner 1966