mata

• mātā

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā, “mother”).[1] Doublet of mater and mother.

mata (plural matas)

1. (India) A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
2. (India) A Hindu goddess.
   • 1995, Amita Baviskar, In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts Over Development in the Narmada Valley, Bombay,  […]: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     While possession is usually limited to Bhilala men, the mata entered women too, endowing them with the power of clairvoyance, enabling them to identify the evil spirits or daakans in their midst. The mata spoke through the possessed, forecasting the future, directing people and events for her proper propitiation.

3. (India) A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).

• matamata

• “mata”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

mata

1. be ripe

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata (“eye”).

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. Romanization of ᬫᬢ
2. Romanization of ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ
3. Romanization of ᬫᬣ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• IPA^(key): /maˈta/, [maˈta]

matá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. instance of getting hit in the eye

matá (plural marata, Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. awake

   Antonyms: turog, katurog

2. conscious

   Synonyms: aram, marigmat

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): /maˈta/

mata

1. eye (organ)
2. the sharp edge of a blade, edge (as opposed to spine)
3. point (knife)

• biji mata
• bulu mata
• kelupak mata

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈma.ta]

Probably an extension of Late Latin matta (“mat”), i.e. "mat-like growth of plants".

mata f (plural mates)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: arbust

2. mastic (tree)

   Synonym: llentiscle

3. thicket

   Synonym: bosc

• matoll

• matafaluga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “mata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• IPA^(key): /maˈta/, [mʌˈt̪a]

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. (anatomy) an eye; an organ through which animals see
2. an eye of a pineapple
3. (mahjong) the extra pair of tiles in most winning hands

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. to awake; to wake up
2. to eye; to observe carefully

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mata.

• amat

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. Alternative spelling of má·t̪a

• Greenburg, Language in the Americas

Inherited from Spanish matar (“to kill”).

matá

1. to kill
2. to close; to wink (of one's eyes)

mata

1. (Northern dialect) little brother

• Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qardaş.

• bata

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. awakened; awake

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata

1. masculine singular present transgressive of mást

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Mongolic *umarta-, see Mongolian мартах (martax).

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈtʰɑ/

mata

1. to forget

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

• ꨟꨓꨩ

From Proto-Chamic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): /mə.taː/

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Old Norse mata

mata (third person singular past indicative mataði, third person plural past indicative mataðu, supine matað)

1. to feed

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. face (part of the body)
2. eye (organ)

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mata

1. third-person singular past historic of mater

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From a substrate language. Compare mato.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɐ]

mata m (plural matas)

1. (now rare) forest, woodland
2. bush, shrub

• Mata
• Matamá

Back-formation from matar

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɐ]

mata m (plural matas)

1. kill (act of killing)

   Synonym: matanza

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “mata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mata” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

mata

1. to be sharp

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian maka, Maori mata), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq (compare Chamorro mata', Indonesian mentah, Malagasy manta, Malay mentah).

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

From Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)
2. colour, hue
3. lamp or lantern, any object used to shed light
4. any sort of opening such as a lid or entrance, eye of needle

mata

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰

From Portuguese matar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mata.

mata

1. to kill

• IPA^(key): /màː.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [màː.táː]

mā̀tā f (plural mātā, possessed form mā̀tar̃)

1. woman
2. wife

• mace

• IPA^(key): /máː.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [máː.táː]

mātā

1. plural of mata
2. plural of mace

mata

1. eye

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR.

mata (plural mamta)

1. metate (grinding stone)
2. gizzard

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 39
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 237

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From matur (“food”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

mata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mataði, supine matað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to feed (a baby), to spoonfeed

• mötun (“feeding”)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

Inherited from Malay mata, from Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• The sense “a type of storm” is a semantic loan from English eye.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• Rhymes: -ata, -ta, -a

mata (plural mata-mata, first-person possessive mataku, second-person possessive matamu, third-person possessive matanya)

1. eye
   1. an organ through which animals perceive surroundings via light
   2. the visual sense
   3. the iris of the eye, being of a specified colour
   4. a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed
   5. the relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm
   6. a loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.
   7. a part from which plant shoots grow; a reproductive bud
2. a gap between two lines

   Near-synonym: sela

3. blade (the (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts)

   Synonym: bilah

4. (figurative) an important part of something
5. (figurative, uncommon) center

   Synonym: pusat

• “mata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. Rōmaji transcription of また

mata

1. Romanization of ꦩꦠ

From Portuguese matar.

mata

1. to kill

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Hinde (1904) records mata as an equivalent of English spittle in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba matta, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba utta and Swahili mate as its equivalents.[1]

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata class 6

1. saliva[2]

(Proverbs)

• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga

(Nouns)

• rũta class 11

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːta]

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. (anatomy) face

   Synonym: ngora

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “mata”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

mata m

1. genitive singular of mats

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈ)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /matə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mata/
• Rhymes: -atə, -tə, -ə

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• Rhymes: -ta

mata (Jawi spelling مات, plural mata-mata, informal 1st possessive mataku, 2nd possessive matamu, 3rd possessive matanya)

1. eye (organ)
2. edge (of an axe, a knife, etc.)

   Synonym: bilah

3. hole (of a needle, net, etc.)
4. eye (of a potato)
5. shoot, sprout (of root/stem tuber)
6. grade, step
7. centre, centre point
8. fountainhead, source (of income, water, etc.)

   Synonyms: punca, sumber

9. mark, score (gained in a contest, exam, etc.)

   Synonym: poin (Indonesian)

10. item
11. (archaic) all types of dishes and food (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

• (organ): ain / عين

• air mata / اءير مات
• anak mata / انق مات
• bulu mata / بولو مات
• cenderamata / چندرامات
• cermin mata / چرمين مات
• kaca mata / کاچ مات
• mata air / مات اءير
• mata angin / مات اڠين
• matahari / ماتاهاري
• mata kail / مات کاءيل
• mata kucing / مات کوچيڠ
• mata-mata / مات٢
• mata pelajaran / مات ڤلاجرن
• mata wang / مات واڠ

• > Indonesian: mata (inherited)

• “mata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "mata" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “مات mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 594
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 113-4

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (compare with Hawaiian maka and Tokelauan mata), from Proto-Oceanic *mataq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matah (compare with Malay mentah), from Proto-Austronesian *moto.

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Hawaiian maka and Tahitian mata), Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Malay mata), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 220-3

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

matá

1. awake

   Antonym: turog

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. eye

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

matá

1. eye (organ)

• matet

mata

1. inflection of mate:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata

1. eye (organ)
2. meshes (of a net)
3. stone (set in a ring, etc)

• Javanese: ꦩꦠ (mata)

From Proto-Germanic *matōną.

mata

1. (transitive) To feed; nourish

• matask

• matr

• Danish: made
• Elfdalian: måtå
• Faroese: mata
• Gutnish: mate
• Icelandic: mata
• Norn: meta
• Norwegian: mate
• Swedish: mata
• → Middle French: amadouer
  • French: amadouer

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta).

mata

1. dead[1]
2. past participle of marati (“to die”)[2]

• amata

Inherited from Sanskrit मत (mata).

mata

1. past participle of maññati (“to think”)[3]

mata n

1. opinion, view[1]

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Portuguese matar and Spanish matar and Kabuverdianu mata.

mata

1. to kill

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Perhaps a learned borrowing from Late Latin matta.

mata f (diminutive matka)

1. mat (floor pad)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

1. third-person singular present of matać

• mata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

From Old Galician-Portuguese mata, possibly from Late Latin matta (“reed mat”).

mata f (plural matas)

1. woods, forest (collection of trees)

• matta (obsolete)

• (woods): see Thesaurus:floresta

Deverbal from matar.

mata m (uncountable)

1. (Portugal, games) dodgeball

   Synonym: jogo do mata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. story

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

From an alteration of dumneata.

mata

1. (regional, familiar) you (singular)

   Synonym: matale

• tu
• dumneavoastră
• voi

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈta/, [ma.ˈta]

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Tokelauan mata.

mata

1. eye

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)