The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value mata

Language:
Tongan
Parameter:
(of fruit), green, unripe, or raw; (of copra) undried); (of timber) unseasoned, or not thoroughly seasoned (hence a newly made canoe is sometimes said to be 'still unseasoned') [e7abbb3989bdd86e366afe7a1fc54d6d]
References
Churchward 1959