Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/mata
Proto-Polynesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Noun edit
*mata[1]
Verb edit
*mata[2]
- (transitive) to see
Descendants edit
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *mata
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *mata
- Samoic-Outlier:
- Ellicean:
- Futunic:
- Samoic:
- Tongic:
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *mataq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matah, from Proto-Austronesian *moto. Cognates include Malay mentah.
Adjective edit
*mata[3]
Descendants edit
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *mata
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *mata
- Samoic-Outlier:
- Ellicean:
- Futunic:
- Samoic:
- Tongic:
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *mata. Cognates include Fijian mata.
Noun edit
*mata[4]
Descendants edit
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *mata
References edit
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MATA (1)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MATA (1)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MATA (2)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MATA (3)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online