wai ni mata
Fijian
noun
Definitions
- tear drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes
Etymology
Compound from Fijian wai (water) + Fijian ni + Fijian mata (eye)inherited from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ ni mata inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ ni mata derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ ni mata inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ ni mata.
Origin
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*wahiʀ ni mata
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wahiʀ ni mata Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *mata Proto-Oceanic
- *waiʀ Proto-Oceanic
- *waiʀ ni mata Proto-Oceanic
- *wair mata Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi
- mata Fijian
- ni Fijian
- tamanibulumakau Fijian
- wai Fijian
- *waiʀ ni mata Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- *waiʀ ni mata Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian