mata ikan

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of mata (“eye”) +‎ ikan (“fish”), literally “eye of fish”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ta ˈi.kan/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧i‧kan

Noun

mata ikan (first-person possessive mata ikanku, second-person possessive mata ikanmu, third-person possessive mata ikannya)

1. corn; clavus (a callous growth, especially on the foot)

   Synonym: klavus

Further reading

• “mata ikan” 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.