Matai is an English word with synonyms like conifer. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Matai meaning
A Samoan chief.
Synonyms of Matai
Using Matai
- The main meaning on this page is: A Samoan chief.
- Useful related words include: black pine, prumnopitys taxifolia, podocarpus spicata, conifer.
- In the example corpus, matai often appears in combinations such as: matai fuiava.
Context around Matai
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Matai
- In this selection, "matai" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wing, quarterback, raiders, fuiava, baptiste and titles stand out and add context to how "matai" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a matai can represent and and the matai ceremony. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "matai" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with matai
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Junior quarterback Matai Fuiava passed for 303 yards and three touchdowns. (11 words)
Each village and family is different in how they handle the passing down of matai titles. (16 words)
Universal suffrage was extended in 1990, but only chiefs (matai) may stand for election to the Samoan seats. (18 words)
The momentum started to swing back in BU’s favor, however, and with about 90 seconds left in the first half, freshman guard Kyrone Alexander sent a swift bounce pass to freshman wing Matai Baptiste. (35 words)
Saint Louis forced three consecutive incompletions, including a fourth-down pass from the Red Raiders’ Matai Fuiava that sailed over his intended receiver along the right side of the end zone. (31 words)
A matai can represent a small family group or a great extended family that reaches across islands, and to both American Samoa and independent Samoa. (25 words)
Example sentences (9)
The momentum started to swing back in BU’s favor, however, and with about 90 seconds left in the first half, freshman guard Kyrone Alexander sent a swift bounce pass to freshman wing Matai Baptiste.
Each village and family is different in how they handle the passing down of matai titles.
Junior quarterback Matai Fuiava passed for 303 yards and three touchdowns.
Saint Louis forced three consecutive incompletions, including a fourth-down pass from the Red Raiders’ Matai Fuiava that sailed over his intended receiver along the right side of the end zone.
So my family and I packed our bags and headed to Samoa for a family reunion and the matai ceremony.
Ms Matai said the girls were also thankful to the Ruel Foundation Fiji group for donating women hygiene kits last week.
A matai can represent a small family group or a great extended family that reaches across islands, and to both American Samoa and independent Samoa.
Universal suffrage was extended in 1990, but only chiefs (matai) may stand for election to the Samoan seats.
Villages were ruled autonomously by their matai and aligned themselves into district and sub-district political entities for common causes - such as war.
Common combinations with matai
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: