ตามาตา

Urak Lawoi' edit

Etymology edit

Partial reduplication of มาตา (mata, eye), from Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (eye); compare Malay mata-mata.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tamata/, [tamaˈta]

Noun edit

ตามาตา (tamata)

  1. police; policeman

Further reading edit

  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 153