old (vs. young) → <priest> 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Cognates
language 1 Nukuoro
language 2 Rapanui
lexeme 1 koromatua
lexeme 2 oro-matuʔa
meaning 1 old (vs. young)
direction →
meaning 2 priest
reference POLLEX-Online
comment From *kolo-matu(q)a 'elderly or wise person', Penrhyn oromatua 'pastor, church minister', Pukapuka wolomatua 'pastor, priest' (post-contact from TAH via RAR), Rarotongan koromatua 'learned man, priest', Samoan loʔomatua 'old woman', Tahitian oromatua 'the skull of a dead relative preserved...the ghosts of the dead...', ʔorometua 'maître', orometua 'an instructor of any sort, either of religion, or of any art, or trade; an example, copy, or pattern', Tokelau kolomatua 'an old term for toeaina or old man', Tuamotu koromaatua 'a wise person'.

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