'Are'are edit

Verb edit

mata

  1. be ripe

References edit

Abenlen Ayta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Agusan Manobo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Agutaynen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Aklanon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Alangan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ambala Ayta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Amis edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata (eye).

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye

References edit

Arta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Asi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Asturian edit

Verb edit

mata

  1. inflection of matar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Ata Manobo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

mata

  1. Romanization of ᬫᬢ
  2. Romanization of ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ
  3. Romanization of ᬫᬣ

Bantik edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Batad Ifugao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta
  • IPA(key): /maˈta/, [maˈta]

Noun edit

matá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. instance of getting hit in the eye

Adjective edit

matá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ, plural marata)

  1. awake
    Antonyms: turog, katurog
  2. conscious
    Synonyms: aram, marigmat

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

Binukid edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Bolinao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Botolan Sambal edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Brooke's Point Palawano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye

Brunei Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)
  2. the sharp edge of a blade, edge (as opposed to spine)
  3. point (knife)

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

Buhi'non Bikol edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye

Bunun edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Butuanon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Capiznon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Probably an extension of Late Latin matta (mat), i.e. "mat-like growth of plants".

Noun edit

mata f (plural mates)

  1. bush, shrub
    Synonym: arbust
  2. mastic (tree)
    Synonym: llentiscle
  3. thicket
    Synonym: bosc
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

mata

  1. inflection of matar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta
  • IPA(key): /maˈta/, [mʌˈt̪a]

Noun edit

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

  1. (anatomy) an eye; an organ through which animals see
  2. an eye of a pineapple
  3. (mahjong) the extra pair of tiles in most winning hands

Verb edit

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

  1. to awake; to wake up
  2. to eye; to observe carefully

Quotations edit

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Central Bontoc edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Central Pomo edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. Alternative spelling of má·t̪a

References edit

  • Greenburg, Language in the Americas

Chavacano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish matar (to kill).

Verb edit

matá

  1. to kill
  2. to close; to wink (of one's eyes)

Crimean Tatar edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. (Northern dialect) little brother

Usage notes edit

  • Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qardaş.

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Cuyunon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Adjective edit

mata

  1. awakened; awake

Derived terms edit

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mata

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of mást

Related terms edit

Dibabawon Manobo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Dongxiang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mongolic *umarta-, see Mongolian мартах (martax).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. to forget

Dupaningan Agta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Eastern Bontoc edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Eastern Cham edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Chamic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Embaloh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mata

Verb edit

mata (third person singular past indicative mataði, third person plural past indicative mataðu, supine matað)

  1. to feed

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of mata (group v-30)
infinitive mata
supine matað
participle (a6)1 matandi mataður
present past
first singular mati mataði
second singular matar mataði
third singular matar mataði
plural mata mataðu
imperative
singular mata!
plural matið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Fijian edit

 
mata

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. face (part of the body)
  2. eye (organ)

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

mata

  1. third-person singular past historic of mater

Gaddang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From a substrate language. Compare mato.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata m (plural matas)

  1. (now rare) forest, woodland
  2. bush, shrub
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Back-formation from matar

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata m (plural matas)

  1. kill (act of killing)
    Synonym: matanza

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

mata

  1. inflection of matar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  • mata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • mata” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • mata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • mata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • mata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garo edit

Verb edit

mata

  1. to be sharp

Geser-Gorom edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Gilbertese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Hawaiian maka, Maori mata), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq (compare Chamorro mata', Indonesian mentah, Malagasy manta, Malay mentah).

Adjective edit

mata

  1. raw (uncooked)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)
  2. colour, hue
  3. lamp or lantern, any object used to shed light
  4. any sort of opening such as a lid or entrance, eye of needle

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

mata

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese matar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mata.

Verb edit

mata

  1. to kill

Hausa edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /màː.táː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [màː.táː]

Noun edit

mā̀tā f (plural mātā, possessed form mā̀tar̃)

  1. woman
  2. wife
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /máː.táː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [máː.táː]

Noun edit

mātā

  1. plural of mata
  2. plural of mace

Higaonon edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Hopi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR.

Noun edit

mata (plural mamta)

  1. metate (grinding stone)
  2. gizzard

Derived terms edit

References edit

Ibaloi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Iban edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ibanag edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ibatan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From matur (food) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mataði, supine matað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to feed (a baby), to spoonfeed

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Ilianen Manobo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ilocano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ilongot edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Inabaknon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata (first-person possessive mataku, second-person possessive matamu, third-person possessive matanya)

  1. eye;
    1. (literally, anatomy) An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light).
    2. Something resembles to eye (needle eye, etc).
    3. A reproductive bud in a branch, potato etc.
    4. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
  2. blade: The sharp cutting edge of a knife, axe, or other cutter tool.
    mata pedangblade of sword
  3. (figurative) center.
    Synonym: pusat
  4. The gap between two lines (degree, ruler, etc)
  5. (figurative) the important part of something
    mata airspring
    mata pencaharianlivelihood
  6. type
    mata huruftype of letter
    mata perdagangancommodities
    mata anggaranline item

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Iraya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Iriga Bicolano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye

Itawit edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ivatan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

mata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of また

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

mata

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦠ

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese matar.

Verb edit

mata

  1. to kill

Kagayanen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Kankanaey edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Kapampangan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Kavalan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Kayapa Kallahan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Hinde (1904) records mata as an equivalent of English spittle in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba matta, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba utta and Swahili mate as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata class 6

  1. saliva[2]

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

Related terms edit

(Nouns)

References edit

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 54–55. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.

Kinaray-a edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Laboya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
  2. (anatomy) face
    Synonym: ngora

References edit

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “mata”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Latvian edit

Noun edit

mata m

  1. genitive singular of mats

Ledo Kaili edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Libon Bikol edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye

Lindu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Mag-Anchi Ayta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Mag-Indi Ayta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Maguindanao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Makasar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈ)

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Malay edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata (Jawi spelling مات, plural mata-mata, informal 1st possessive mataku, 2nd possessive matamu, 3rd possessive matanya)

  1. eye (organ)
  2. edge (of an axe, a knife, etc.)
    Synonym: bilah
  3. hole (of a needle, net, etc.)
  4. eye (of a potato)
  5. shoot, sprout (of root/stem tuber)
  6. grade, step
  7. centre, centre point
  8. fountainhead, source (of income, water, etc.)
    Synonyms: punca, sumber
  9. mark, score (gained in a contest, exam, etc.)
    Synonym: poin (Indonesian)
  10. item
  11. (archaic) all types of dishes and food (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: mata

Further reading edit

  • mata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • "mata" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “مات mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 594
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 113-4

Mamanwa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Mamboru edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Mansaka edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Maori edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (compare with Hawaiian maka and Tokelauan mata), from Proto-Oceanic *mataq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matah (compare with Malay mentah), from Proto-Austronesian *moto.

Adjective edit

mata

  1. raw (uncooked)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Hawaiian maka and Tahitian mata), Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Malay mata), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

References edit

  • Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 220-3

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Masbate Sorsogon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye

Masbatenyo edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye

Adjective edit

matá

  1. awake
    Antonym: turog

Derived terms edit

Miraya Bikol edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye

Mongondow edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Niuean edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. eye (organ)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

mata

  1. inflection of mate:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)
  2. meshes (of a net)
  3. stone (set in a ring, etc)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *matōną.

Verb edit

mata

  1. (transitive) To feed; nourish

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta).

Adjective edit

mata

  1. dead[1]
  2. past participle of marati (to die)[2]
Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit मत (mata).

Adjective edit

mata

  1. past participle of maññati (to think)[3]
Declension edit

Noun edit

mata n

  1. opinion, view[1]
Declension edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “mata”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 240.
  3. ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “maññati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 515

Pamplona Atta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Pangasinan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Pangutaran Sama edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese matar and Spanish matar and Kabuverdianu mata.

Verb edit

mata

  1. to kill

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps a learned borrowing from Late Latin matta.

Noun edit

mata f (diminutive matka)

  1. mat (floor pad)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

mata m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

mata m pers

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

mata

  1. third-person singular present of matać

Further reading edit

  • mata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Ponosakan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mata, possibly from Late Latin matta (reed mat).

Noun edit

mata f (plural matas)

  1. woods, forest (collection of trees)
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from matar.

Noun edit

mata m (uncountable)

  1. (Portugal, games) dodgeball
    Synonym: jogo do mata

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

mata

  1. inflection of matar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui edit

 
mata

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Ratagnon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Rawa edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. story

References edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From an alteration of dumneata.

Pronoun edit

mata

  1. (regional, familiar) you (singular)
    Synonym: matale

See also edit

Romblomanon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Sakizaya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Sambali edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Samoan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Tokelauan mata.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye

Sangir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Sarangani Blaan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Sardinian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish, perhaps from Late Latin matta.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (Campidanese) tree

So'a edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye

Southwest Palawano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ma‧ta

Etymology 1 edit

Perhaps from Late Latin matta (floormat, doormat).

Noun edit

mata f (plural matas)

  1. shrub
    Synonym: arbusto
  2. sprig
  3. mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus
    Synonyms: lentisco, mata charneca
  4. (Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic) plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)
    Synonyms: planta, vegetal
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

mata

  1. inflection of matar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Surigaonon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish mata, from mat (food) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mata (present matar, preterite matade, supine matat, imperative mata)

  1. to feed (give food to, usually of an animal or of actively feeding someone (like a small child))
    Synonym: (more general) föda (feed (provide with nutrition))
    mata hönsen
    feed the chickens
    mata bebisen med en sked
    feed the baby with a spoon
    Får man mata djuren?
    Are you allowed to feed the animals?
    ligga på en divan och matas med druvor
    lie on a divan and be fed [with] grapes
  2. (figuratively) to feed (with something other than food)
    matas med propaganda
    be fed [with] propaganda
    Mata inte trollen
    Don't feed the trolls
  3. (often with a particle like in or ut) to feed, to enter
    Hon matade in uppgifterna i databasen
    She entered the data [pieces of information] into the database
    Skrivaren måste ha gått sönder. Den matar ut pappren ett efter ett så fort jag satt i dem.
    The printer must be broken. It spits out the papers, one by one, as fast as I've put them in.

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

Tadyawan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Tagakaulu Kalagan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Compare Japanese () (me, eye) / () (me, eye) + () (to, door) = (まど) (mado, window).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta
  • IPA(key): /maˈta/, [mɐˈta]
  • IPA(key): /maˈtaʔ/, [mɐˈtaʔ] (obsolete)

Noun edit

matá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆ)

  1. eye

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344

Further reading edit

  • mata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*maCa”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tagbanwa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Tahitian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Tausug edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Tboli edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Teanu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Vanikoro *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye, gaze
  2. face
  3. hole, opening, passage

References edit

Tiruray edit

Adjective edit

mata

  1. unripe

Tokelauan edit

Te mata (1.1).
Nā mata (1.5).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈma.ta]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Samoan mata.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye
  2. (in the plural) face
  3. point (extremity of a sharp object)
  4. cutting edge
  5. (in the plural) glasses, spectacles

Verb edit

mata

  1. (intransitive) to look
  2. (transitive) to see
  3. (transitive) to wear (glasses)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Samoan mata.

Verb edit

mata

  1. (stative) to be raw
  2. (stative) to be young
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 222

Tongan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Unami edit

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

mata

  1. not
    Kèku wënchi mata kuwatuu?
    Why don't you know?

References edit

  • Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “mata”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Waray Sorsogon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye
    Synonym: matalsok

Waray-Waray edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ta
  • IPA(key): /maˈta/, [maˈta]

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye
    Synonym: nalusok

Adjective edit

matá

  1. awake
    Antonyms: katurog, katuspok

West Albay Bikol edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. eye (organ)

Western Bukidnon Manobo edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. (anatomy) eye

Yakan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Yami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

mata

  1. eye (organ)

Yogad edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun edit

matá

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
  2. knot (in wood)

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

mata

  1. raw (of food)