"matua" meaning in Maori

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "matua kēkē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tāone matua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*matuqa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *matuqa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*(ma-)tuqah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*(ma-)tuqaS"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mātua",
      "tags": [
        "irregular",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "irregular plural",
        "4": "mātua",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "matua (irregular plural mātua)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "mātua"
      },
      "expansion": "matua (irregular plural mātua)",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maori entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mi",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "mi:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder"
      ],
      "id": "en-matua-mi-noun-S60ursXN",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parent"
      ],
      "id": "en-matua-mi-noun-5HEllos7",
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matua"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maori entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Maori lemmas",
    "Maori nouns",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "mi:Family"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "matua kēkē"
    },
    {
      "word": "tāone matua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*matuqa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *matuqa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*(ma-)tuqah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*(ma-)tuqaS"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mātua",
      "tags": [
        "irregular",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "irregular plural",
        "4": "mātua",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "matua (irregular plural mātua)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "mātua"
      },
      "expansion": "matua (irregular plural mātua)",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "parent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matua"
}