Crossword clues for matai
matai
Wiktionary
n. 1 A Samoan chief. 2 A coniferous tree, ''Prumnopitys taxifolia'', endemic to New Zealand.
WordNet
n. New Zealand conifer [syn: black pine, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata]
Wikipedia
Matai may refer to:
- Matai (Maucatar), a city and suco in East Timor
- Matai, Egypt, a city in the governorate of Al Minya in Egypt
- Matai, Tanzania, a town and administrative seat of Kalambo District, Tanzania
- Prumnopitys taxifolia, a tree endemic to New Zealand
- HMNZS Matai (T01), a Royal New Zealand Navy ship
- Matai, a chief in the fa'amatai system of the Samoa Islands
- Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut
- Fa'amatai, the chiefly system of Samoa
Matai is a village (suco) located on northeast of Suai in East Timor. It is part of Maucatar Subdistrict, Cova Lima District.
Usage examples of "matai".
Thirty feet above the courtyard and overlooking it was a broad balcony, and there, indeed, was Matai Shang, and with him were Thurid and Phaidor, Thuvia, and Dejah Thoris--the last two heavily ironed.
What hope for me of mercy at the hands of the fanatical Kulan Tith with such advisers as Matai Shang and Thurid.
And then Kulan Tith told of the savage calot that fought beside me, and after that I saw suspicion in the eyes of Matai Shang-- or did I but imagine it?
Presently he and Matai Shang entered the latter's boat, which turned out into the river and, swinging round, forged steadily across in my direction.
Swinging the prow of my boat toward the right, I sought the river's rocky side, and there I lay while Matai Shang and Thurid approached up the center of the stream, which was much narrower than the Iss.
There were racks for weapons, and slightly raised platforms for the sleeping silks and furs of the warriors, but now its only occupants were two of the therns who had been of the party with Thurid and Matai Shang.
He had to make some answer when Matai Shang asked him flatly what he should do when he came to the Temple of the Sun, and so he made his answer quickly from his imagination--I would wager a hekkador's diadem that he could not now repeat it himself.
Then it occurred to me that Thurid and Matai Shang with their party must have crossed it, and so there was a way.
Somewhere above me was Dejah Thoris, unless Thurid and Matai Shang had already succeeded in stealing her.
Then Matai Shang grasped her about the waist and dragged her away through a door leading within the tower.
So there was nothing for it but to give him what he sought, and that as quickly as might be, that I might not be delayed too long in this chamber while Matai Shang and Thurid made way with Dejah Thoris and Thuvia of Ptarth.
Upon the great dais at the end of the chamber stood three thrones, upon which sat Kulan Tith and his two guests, Matai Shang, and the visiting jeddak.
Listen while I tell you why John Carter has followed Matai Shang to the heart of thy palace.
Do you know why I have followed Matai Shang and Thurid, the black dator, from the forests of the Valley Dor across half a world through almost insurmountable difficulties?
With my own hands would I have wrung the neck of Matai Shang had I guessed what was in his foul heart.