Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/mata

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mata/

    Noun

    *mata

    1. eye (organ)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Philippine: *mata (see there for further descendants)
    • Sama-Bajaw:
    • North Bornean:
      • Sabahan:
        • Northeast Sabahan:
        • Southwest Sabahan:
          • Dusunic:
          • Murutic:
          • Paitanic:
    • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
    • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
      • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
        • Proto-Chamic: *mata (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Malayic: *mata (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Javanese: mata
    • Proto-South Sulawesi:
    • Palauan: mad
    • Chamorro: måta
    • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *mata
      • Geser-Gorom: mata
      • Mamboru: mata
      • So'a: mata
      • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *mata
        • Proto-Oceanic: *mata (see there for further descendants)