Borrowed fromSanskrit माता ( mātā ) , nom.sg. ofमातृ ( mātṛ ,“ mother ” ) .[ 1] Doublet ofmater andmother .
mata (plural matas )( India )
A respectful title for afemale spiritual leader or for awife ,mother , orgrandmother of amale spiritual leader. AHindu goddess .1995 ,Amita Baviskar ,In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts Over Development in the Narmada Valley , Bombay; [ … ] :Oxford University Press ,→ISBN ,page98 :While possession is usually limited to Bhilala men, themata entered women too, endowing them with the power of clairvoyance, enabling them to identify the evil spirits ordaakans in their midst. Themata spoke through the possessed, forecasting the future, directing people and events for her proper propitiation.
Amother (also used as a term of address for a woman ). FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *maCa . Compare Malaymata ( “ eye ” ) .
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( anatomy ) eye mata
beripe FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) mata
inflection ofmatar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata (Balinese script ᬫᬢ )
eye FromSanskrit मत्त ( matta ) .
mata (Balinese script ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ )
furious ,enraged FromSanskrit मन्मथ ( manmatha ) .
mata (Balinese script ᬫᬣ )
love or thegod of love,amorous passion ordesire FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) Inherited fromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
IPA (key ) : /maˈta/ [maˈta] Hyphenation:ma‧ta matá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ )
( anatomy ) eye instance ofgetting hit in theeye matá (plural marata ,Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ )
awake Antonyms: turog ,katurog conscious Synonyms: aram ,marigmat FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Brooke's Point Palawano[ edit ] FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye FromProto-Malayic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) the sharpedge of ablade ,edge ( as opposed tospine ) point ( knife ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) “mata ”, in原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages ] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages,2014 FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Probably an extension ofLate Latin matta ( “ mat ” ) , i.e. "mat-like growth of plants".
mata f (plural mates )
bush ,shrub Synonym: arbust mastic ( tree ) Synonym: llentiscle thicket Synonym: bosc See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofmatar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative “mata ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language ] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “mata ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “mata” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“mata” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Inherited fromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
First attested inAntonio Pigafetta 'sRelazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo —detailing thefirst circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Hyphenation:ma‧ta IPA (key ) : /maˈta/ [mɐˈt̪a] mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ )
( anatomy ) aneye ( an organ through whichanimals see ) 1937 — Bok, F.,Ang Palad ni Pepe: Sugilambong Binisaya (15 October), Visayan Book Company2015 — Bayot, Gilberto Tajanlangit,Gingharian sa mga Okoy (24 August), Sugilanon, Kalingawan, Banat NewsMiduol sila ug nanglurat ang ilang mgamata pagkakita sa estatuwa ni Lapu-Lapu nga naggunit og espada ug taming. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) 2016 — Tiu, Macario D.,Babayeng Pilipina: 1521 ug 1840 (11 July), Bisag Unsa, MindaViews, MindaNewsAng ilang mga bukton ug kamot grasyoso kaayong ilabyog-labyog, ug ipakita ang ilang ekspresyon sa mgamatang katulogon (mapungay na mata, sa Tagalog pa). (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) 2017 — Gelbolingo, Fredrick F.,Ang Bana ni Juana (17 May), Sugilano, Kalingawan, SuperBalita Cebuan eye of apineapple ( mahjong ) the extra pair of tiles in most winning handsmata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ )
toawake ; towake up 2017 — Gelbolingo, Fredrick F.,Ang Bana ni Juana (17 May), Sugilano, Kalingawan, SuperBalita Cebu toeye ; toobserve carefully FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) mata
alternative spelling ofmá·t̪a Greenburg,Language in the Americas Inherited fromSpanish matar ( “ to kill ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /maˈta/ ,[maˈt̪a] Hyphenation:ma‧ta matá
tokill toclose ; towink ( of one's eyes ) mata
( Northern dialect ) little brother Synonym: bata Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar:kadâ ,qardaş . FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) mata
awakened ;awake mata
masculine singular present transgressive ofmást FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) FromProto-Mongolic *umarta- , seeMongolian мартах ( martax ) .
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toforget FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) FromProto-Chamic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨟꨓꨩ )
eye ( organ ) Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) FromOld Norse mata
mata (third person singular past indicative mataði ,third person plural past indicative mataðu ,supine matað )
tofeed 1 Only the past participle being declined.
mata From Proto-Central-Pacific*mata , fromProto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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face ( part of the body ) eye ( organ ) mata
third-person singular past historic ofmater FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) IPA (key ) : /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪ɐ] Rhymes:-ata Hyphenation:ma‧ta From asubstrate language. Comparemato .
mata m (plural matas )
( now rare ) forest ,woodland Synonym: bosque bush ,shrub Synonyms: gamallo ,albustre ,frundío Back-formation frommatar .
mata m (plural matas )
kill ( act of killing ) Synonym: matanza mata
inflection ofmatar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “mata ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “mata ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “mata ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “mata ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “mata ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN mata
tobe sharp FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Oceanic [Term?] (compareHawaiian maka ,Maori mata ), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq (compareChamorro mata' ,Indonesian mentah ,Malagasy manta ,Malay mentah ).
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raw ( uncooked ) FromProto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) colour ,hue lamp orlantern , any object used to shed lightany sort of opening such as a lid or entrance, eye of needle mata
romanization of𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰 Guinea-Bissau Creole [ edit ] FromPortuguese matar . Cognate withKabuverdianu mata .
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tokill mā̀tā f (plural mātā ,possessed form mā̀tar̃ )
woman wife mātā
plural ofmata plural ofmace mata
eye Inherited fromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
IPA (key ) : /maˈta/ [maˈta] Hyphenation:ma‧ta mata
( anatomy ) eye ( organ ) FromProto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR .
mata (plural mamta )
metate ( grinding stone ) gizzard FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye (organ)FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Frommatur ( “ food ” ) +-a .
mata (weak verb ,third-person singular past indicative mataði ,supine matað )
tofeed (a baby), tospoonfeed [with accusative ] 1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) mata
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Inherited fromMalay mata , fromProto-Malayic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata (plural mata )
eye ( anorgan through whichanimals perceive surroundings vialight ) eye ( a loop formingpart of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, etc. ) eye ( a part from which plantshoots grow; areproductive bud ) agap between two linesNear-synonym: sela blade ( the part of aknife ,sword ,razor , or othertool with which itcuts ) Synonym: bilah ( figurative , uncommon ) an important part of something( figurative , uncommon ) center Synonym: pusat The plural formmata-mata is rarely used (except in some compounds), since this word itself often have a dual or plural meaning in its literal sense "eye". The singular meaning for that can be specified withsatu ( “ one ” ) orsebelah ( “ adjacent, next, next to ” ) . While its senses other than "eye" can usebagian-bagian ("parts") for explicit plurality.
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
matá
( anatomy ) eye FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) mata
Rōmaji transcription ofまた Inherited fromOld Javanese mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
IPA (key ) : ( Standard, Surakarta–Yogyakarta ) /mɔtɔ/ Hyphenation:ma‧ta mata (Carakan spelling ꦩꦠ )
( ngoko ) eye ( organ ) Synonyms: ( krama ) mripat ,( krama inggil ) soca “mata ”, inJavanese-Indonesian Dictionary[ Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia ] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special[ Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta ] ,2023 . FromPortuguese matar .
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tokill FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
IPA (key ) : /maˈta/ [mʌˈta] ,/ˈmata/ [ˈmaː.tʌ] Rhymes:-a ,-ata Syllabification:ma‧ta matá or máta
eye ( the organ ) a person'sface Dialectal synonyms & variants of mata (eye )
Northern / Applai Mt. Province Besao mata Sagada mata ,ata Others Ilocos Sur Quirino mata Cervantes mata Suyo mata La Union Santol mata Sugpon mata San Gabriel mata Bagulin mata Sudipen mata Southern / Central Benguet Mankayan mata Bakun mata Kapangan mata Kibungan mata Buguias mata Mt. Province Tadian mata Bauko mata Sabangan mata
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(of plants )fresh , notmature (of food )uncooked (of wood )undried Morice Vanoverbergh (1933 ), “máta”, inA Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)[4] , Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“,→OCLC , page304 Allen, Larry (2021 ), “matá ”, inKankanaey – English Dictionary , Summer Institute of Linguistics Wallace, Judy (2018 ), “mata ”, inNorthern Kankanay – English Dictionary , Summer Institute of Linguistics FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Bantu *màtáì . Hinde (1904) recordsmata as an equivalent of Englishspittle in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then fromMachakos to coastal area) ofKamba matta , “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then inKitui District ) of Kambautta andSwahili mate as its equivalents.[ 1]
mata class6
saliva [ 2] ( Proverbs )
( Nouns )
FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye ( organ ) ( anatomy ) face Synonym: ngora Allahverdi Verdizade (2019 ), “mata”, inLamboya word list [5] , Leiden: LexiRumah mata m
genitive singular ofmats FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) See the Bangi verbbata and the Kongo verbmanta .
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togo up toclimb FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata
eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
mata (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈ )
( anatomy ) eye ( organ ) mata Inherited fromProto-Malayic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
Sense of mesh from semantic evolution of 'eye' > 'hole, orifice'
mata (Jawi spelling مات ,plural mata -mata or mata 2 )
eye ( organ ) Synonyms: ain ,عين edge ( of an axe, a knife, etc. ) Synonym: bilah hole ( of a needle, net, etc. ) eye ( of a potato ) ( archaic ) mesh of a netshoot ,sprout ( of root/stem tuber ) grade ,step centre , centrepoint fountainhead ,source ( of income, water, etc. ) Synonyms: punca ,sumber mark ,score ( gained in a contest, exam, etc. ) Synonym: poin ( Indonesian ) item ( archaic ) all types ofdishes andfood ( Can weverify (+ ) this sense?) Compounds
air mata ,اءير مات anak mata ,انق مات bermata dua bermata pencarian bulu mata ,بولو مات cenderamata ,چندرامات cermin mata ,چرمين مات kaca mata ,کاچ مات mata air ,مات اءير mata angin ,مات اڠين mata kail ,مات کاءيل mata kucing ,مات کوچيڠ mata pelajaran ,مات ڤلاجرن mata wang ,مات واڠ mata-mata ,مات٢ matahari ,ماتاهاري > Indonesian:mata ( inherited ) Wilkinson, Richard James (1901 ), “مات mata ”, inA Malay-English dictionary , Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page594 Wilkinson, Richard James (1932 ), “mata ”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised) , volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages113-4 “mata”, inKamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary ] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka ,2005 ,→ISBN FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Polynesian *mata (cognate withHawaiian maka andTahitian mata ),[ 1] Proto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (cognate withMalay mata ), fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .[ 2] [ 3]
For sense of point, see alsoMalay mata (e.g.mata lembing for the point of a spear); similarly for sense of mesh (e.g.mata pukat ).[ 4] Sense of headland is broadening from sense of point merging with analogy of related body parts with similar semantic overlap likeihu “nose”.[ 5]
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eye ( organ of sight ) Synonyms: karu ,whatu edge ,point ,tip Synonyms: tara ,koi ,koinga ( archaic ) face Synonyms: nohi ,kanohi surface Synonyms: kahu ,papa headland Synonyms: ihu ,koi ,rae ,kūrae ,tūmū mesh (of a net)Synonyms: tākekenga ,papa ,raumata ^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ),Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [1] , Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages220-3 ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “mata.1a ”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online ”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume50 , number 2, pages551-559 ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016 ),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic , volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN , pages117-8 ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998 ),ibid. , volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN , page215 ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008 ),ibid. , volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN , pages47-9 FromProto-Polynesian *mata (compare withHawaiian maka ,Tokelauan mata ,Tongan mata andSamoan mata ),[ 1] fromProto-Oceanic *mataq , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (compare withMalay mentah ), fromProto-Austronesian *moto .[ 2] [ 3]
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raw ( uncooked ) Synonym: ota ^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ),Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [2] , Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages220-3 ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “mata.2a ”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online ”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume50 , number 2, pages551-559 ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998 ),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic , volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN , pages155-6 Williams, Herbert William (1917 ), “mata ”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language , page216 “mata ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN . FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye Inherited fromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
matá
( anatomy ) eye matá
awake Antonym: turog FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) mata
eye Northern Catanduanes Bicolano [ edit ] FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) mata
inflection ofmate : simplepast past participle FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) meshes (of a net)stone (set in a ring, etc)FromProto-Germanic *matōną .
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( transitive ) Tofeed ;nourish Alternative scripts
𑀫𑀢 ( Brahmi script ) मत ( Devanagari script ) মত ( Bengali script ) මත ( Sinhalese script ) မတ ( Burmese script ) มต orมะตะ ( Thai script ) ᨾᨲ ( Tai Tham script ) ມຕ orມະຕະ ( Lao script ) មត ( Khmer script ) 𑄟𑄖 ( Chakma script ) Inherited fromSanskrit मृत ( mṛta ) .
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dead [ 1] past participle ofmarati ( “ to die ” ) [ 2] Declension table of "mata" (masculine)
Declension table of "matā" (feminine)
Declension table of "mata" (neuter)
Inherited fromSanskrit मत ( mata ) .
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past participle ofmaññati ( “ to think ” ) [ 3] Declension table of "mata" (masculine)
Declension table of "matā" (feminine)
Declension table of "mata" (neuter)
mata n
opinion, view[ 1] Declension table of "mata" (neuter)
↑1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925 ), “mata ”, inPali-English Dictionary , London: Chipstead ^ Childers, Robert Caesar , Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page240 . ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925 ), “maññati”, inPali-English Dictionary , London: Chipstead,page515 FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromPortuguese matar andSpanish matar andKabuverdianu mata .
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tokill IPA (key ) : /ˈma.ta/ Rhymes:-ata Syllabification:ma‧ta Perhaps alearned borrowing fromLate Latin matta .
mata f (diminutive matka )
mat ( floor pad ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mata m animal
genitive / accusative singular ofmat See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mata m pers
genitive / accusative singular ofmat See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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third-person singular present ofmatać mata inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANmata in Polish dictionaries at PWNFromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye
Rhymes:-atɐ Hyphenation:ma‧ta FromOld Galician-Portuguese mata , possibly fromLate Latin matta ( “ reed mat ” ) .
mata f (plural matas )
woods ,forest (collection of trees)Synonyms: see Thesaurus:floresta Deverbal frommatar .
mata m (uncountable )
( Portugal , games ) dodgeball Synonym: jogo do mata See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofmatar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative mata FromProto-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) mata
story From an alteration ofdumneata .
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( regional , familiar ) you ( singular ) Synonym: matale FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Polynesian *mata . Cognates includeHawaiian maka andTokelauan mata .
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eye FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Borrowed fromSpanish , perhaps fromLate Latin matta .
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( Campidanese ) tree FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Southern Catanduanes Bicolano [ edit ] FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) IPA (key ) : /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪a] Rhymes:-ata Syllabification:ma‧ta Perhaps fromLate Latin matta ( “ floormat, doormat ” ) .
mata f (plural matas )
shrub Synonym: arbusto sprig mastic tree,Pistacia lentiscus Synonyms: lentisco ,mata charneca ( Colombia , Venezuela , Cuba , Dominican Republic ) plant ( organism of the kingdom Plantae ) Synonyms: planta ,vegetal See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofmatar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromOld Swedish mata , frommat ( “ food ” ) +-a .
mata (present matar ,preterite matade ,supine matat ,imperative mata )
tofeed (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 chickensmata bebisen med en sked ―feed the baby with a spoonDu Nisse, har dumatat katten? ―Hey Nisse, have youfed the cat? Mata inte djuren ―Do notfeed the animals Får manmata djuren? ―Are you allowed tofeed the animals? ligga på en divan och blimatad med druvor ―lie on a divan and befed [with] grapes ( figuratively ) tofeed (with something other than food)matas med propaganda ―be fed [with] propagandaMata inte trollen ―Don'tfeed the trolls ( often with a particle likein orut ) tofeed , toenter Honmatade in uppgifterna i databasen Sheentered the data [pieces of information] into the database Skrivaren måste ha gått sönder. Denmatar ut pappren ett efter ett så fort jag satt i dem. The printer must be broken. Itspits out the papers, one by one, as fast as I've put them in. FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa . CompareJapanese 目( め ) ( me ,“ eye ” ) /眼( め ) ( me ,“ eye ” ) +戸( と ) ( to ,“ door ” ) =窓( まど ) ( mado ,“ window ” ) .[ 1]
matá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆ )
eye ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016 ),Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates , Lulu Press,→ISBN ,page344 “mata ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 . Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) From Proto-Vanikoro*mata , fromProto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ,gaze face hole ,opening ,passage mata
unripe IPA (key ) : [ˈma.ta] Hyphenation:ma‧ta FromProto-Polynesian *mata . Cognates includeHawaiian maka andSamoan mata .
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eye ( in theplural ) face point ( extremity of a sharp object ) cutting edge ( in theplural ) glasses ,spectacles mata
( intransitive ) tolook ( transitive ) tosee ( transitive ) towear (glasses)FromProto-Polynesian *mata . Cognates includeHawaiian maka andSamoan mata .
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( stative ) to beraw ( stative ) to beyoung R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [6] , Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page222 FromProto-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Oceanic *mata , fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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not Kèku wënchimata kuwatuu? Whydon't you know? Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005 ), “mata ”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors,The Lenape Talking Dictionary , The Lenape Language Preservation Project FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye Synonym: matalsok Inherited fromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
Hyphenation:ma‧ta IPA (key ) : /maˈta/ ,[maˈta] matá
( anatomy ) eye Synonym: nalusok matá
awake Antonyms: katurog ,katuspok FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) Western Bukidnon Manobo [ edit ] Inherited fromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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eye ( organ ) FromProto-Philippine *mata , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata , fromProto-Austronesian *maCa .
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( anatomy ) eye ( organ ) knot ( in wood ) mata
raw ( of food )