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Etymology
Literally, "big men".
Noun
ata madaka
- (historical) social stratum of free people characterized by ownership of land, slaves, buffaloes, pigs and horses
- Antonym: (children of men) ata ana
- social stratum of people who descend from slave owners, and who possess land, buffaloes, pigs and horses
- Antonym: (small men) ata maraha
Holonyms
References
- Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992) “ata madaka”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, page 193