ตามาตา

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamata/, [tamaˈta]

Noun

ตามาตา (tamata)

1. police; policeman

Further reading

• 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