The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value motuʔa

Language:
Tongan
Parameter:
old or elderly person, or elder; male person of any age (even a baby) when one is speaking in a derogatory way; parent, especially father; husband (derogatory for ); (of things or animals) old; or mature, fully developed; being old; preposed adjective: original, former, first [95bbdba636e0d131be56bf4df6518eaa]
References
Churchward 1959