mata
Malay
/matə/, /mata/
noun
Definitions
- eye organ
- edge of an axe, a knife, etc.
- hole of a needle, net, etc.
- eye of a potato
- shoot, sprout of root/stem tuber
- grade, step
- centre, centre point
- fountainhead, source of income, water, etc.
- mark, score gained in a contest, exam, etc.
- item
- (archaic) all types of dishes and food
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *mata inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*maCa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- air mata Indonesian
- anak mata Indonesian
- cermin mata Indonesian
- dokter mata Indonesian
- kacamata Indonesian
- mata Indonesian
- matahari Indonesian
- saksi mata Indonesian
- bắt mắt Vietnamese
- hoa mắt Vietnamese
- mắt Vietnamese
- mắt cá Vietnamese
- mắt xanh Vietnamese
- air Malay
- air mata Malay
- alamat Malay
- anak Malay
- anak mata Malay
- bercermin mata Malay
- berkaca mata Malay
- bulu Malay
- bulu mata Malay
- cermin Malay
- cermin mata Malay
- hari Malay
- jahat Malay
- kaca Malay
- kaca mata Malay
- mata jahat Malay
- matahari Malay
- matlamat Malay
- *mata Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *maCa Proto-Austronesian
- *mata Proto-Austronesian
- *air mata Proto-Malayic
- *anak mata Proto-Malayic
- *mata Proto-Malayic
- *mat Proto-Vietic
- *mata Proto-Oceanic
- mata Brunei Malay
- *mata Proto-Philippine
- *mata Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi
- ᬫᬢ Balinese
- *mata Proto-Malayo-Chamic
- *mata Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- mata Old Javanese
- mad Palauan
- mata Lindu
- mata Kavalan
- *mata Proto-Chamic
- มาตา Urak Lawoi'
- mata Lamboya
- mata Amis
- mata Makasar
- matha Thao
- mata szy
- mata ms-old
- mata Sangir
- masa' Saisiyat
- mata Bunun
- mata Pangutaran Sama
- mata Yakan
- mata Embaloh