Mokilese

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Etymology

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Calque of English eyeglasses, composed of maj (eye), from Proto-Oceanic *mata (eye), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (eye, center, most important part), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa (eye, center, most important part) + kilahs (glass), borrowed from English glass.

Noun

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majkilahs

  1. eyeglasses

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