mata

• mātā

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”).^[1] Doublet of mater and mother.

mata (plural matas) (India)

1. A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
2. A Hindu goddess.
   • 1995, Amita Baviskar, In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts Over Development in the Narmada Valley, Bombay;  […]: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     While possession is usually limited to Bhilala men, the mata entered women too, endowing them with the power of clairvoyance, enabling them to identify the evil spirits or daakans in their midst. The mata spoke through the possessed, forecasting the future, directing people and events for her proper propitiation.

3. A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).

• “mata”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[3] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

mata (plural mata dem, quantified mata)

1. matter
2. pus

mata

1. be ripe

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata (Balinese script ᬫᬢ)

1. eye

From Sanskrit मत्त (matta).

mata (Balinese script ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ)

1. furious, enraged

From Sanskrit मन्मथ (manmatha).

mata (Balinese script ᬫᬣ)

1. love or the god of love, amorous passion or desire

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈta/

mata

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

• biji mata
• bulu mata
• kelupak mata

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

• 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[4] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation, 2014–2026

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ta]

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

mata f (plural mates)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: arbust

2. mastic (tree)

   Synonym: llentiscle

3. thicket

   Synonym: bosc

• matoll

• matafaluga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

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

• “mata”, in Diccionari 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”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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.

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

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. (anatomy) an eye (an organ through which animals see)
   • 1937 — Bok, F., Ang Palad ni Pepe: Sugilambong Binisaya (15 October), Visayan Book Company

     Wala tuyoa, nanglugnaw ang luha sa mga mata ni Sabil.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015 — Bayot, Gilberto Tajanlangit, Gingharian sa mga Okoy (24 August), Sugilanon, Kalingawan, Banat News

     Miduol sila ug nanglurat ang ilang mga mata pagkakita sa estatuwa ni Lapu-Lapu nga naggunit og espada ug taming.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016 — Tiu, Macario D., Babayeng Pilipina: 1521 ug 1840 (11 July), Bisag Unsa, MindaViews, MindaNews

     Ang ilang mga bukton ug kamot grasyoso kaayong ilabyog-labyog, ug ipakita ang ilang ekspresyon sa mga matang katulogon (mapungay na mata, sa Tagalog pa).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017 — Gelbolingo, Fredrick F., Ang Bana ni Juana (17 May), Sugilano, Kalingawan, SuperBalita Cebu

     “Oo. Ngaman^[sic] diay?” ni Juana nga midiyong ang mga mata.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. an eye of a pineapple
3. (mahjong) the extra pair of tiles in most winning hands

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. to awake; to wake up
   • 2017 — Gelbolingo, Fredrick F., Ang Bana ni Juana (17 May), Sugilano, Kalingawan, SuperBalita Cebu

     “Sayo lagi kaayo ka? Wa pa gani kamata ang adlaw!”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to eye; to observe carefully

• amat

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

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

matá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

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

matá (plural marata, Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. awake

   Antonyms: turog, katurog

2. conscious

   Synonyms: aram, marigmat

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. alternative spelling of má·t̪a

• Greenburg, Language in the Americas

Inherited from Spanish matar (“to kill”).

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

matá

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

Borrowed from English mate.

mata m (plural matys)

1. mate

   Synonyms: brennyas, kothman, koweth, pries, sos

mata

1. (Northern dialect) little brother

   Synonym: bata

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. awakened; awake

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata

1. masculine singular present transgressive of mást

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈtʰɑ/

mata

1. to forget

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): /mə.taː/

mata (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨟꨓꨩ)

1. eye (organ)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Old Norse mata

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

1. to feed

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.

mata

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

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

mata

1. third-person singular past historic of mater

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

From a substrate language. Compare mato.

mata m (plural matas)

1. (now rare) forest, woodland

   Synonym: bosque

2. bush, shrub

   Synonyms: gamallo, albustre, frundío

Back-formation from matar.

mata m (plural matas)

1. kill (act of killing)

   Synonym: matanza

mata

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mata”, in Dicionario 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”, in Corpus 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”, in Dicionario 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”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

mata

1. to be sharp

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

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.

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

mata

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰

From Portuguese matar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mata.

mata

1. to kill

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

mā̀tā f (plural mātā, possessed form mā̀tar̃)

1. woman
2. wife

• mace

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

mātā

1. plural of mata
2. plural of mace

mata

1. eye

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

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR.

mata (plural mamta)

1. metate (grinding stone)
2. gizzard

• Albert, Roy; Shaul, David Leedom (1985), A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 39
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998), Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 237

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From matur m (“food”) +‎ -a (denominal suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

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

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

• mötun (“feeding”)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

mata (plural mata)

1. eye (an organ through which animals perceive surroundings via light)
2. eye (a loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, etc.)
3. eye (a part from which plant shoots grow; a reproductive bud)
4. a gap between two lines

   Near-synonym: sela

6. blade (the part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts)

   Synonym: bilah

7. (figurative, uncommon) an important part of something
8. (figurative, uncommon) center

   Synonym: pusat

The plural form mata-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 with satu (“one”) or sebelah (“adjacent, next, next to”). While its senses other than "eye" can use bagian-bagian ("parts") for explicit plurality.

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “mata”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. Rōmaji transcription of また

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

• IPA^(key): (Standard, Surakarta–Yogyakarta) /mɔtɔ/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

mata (Carakan spelling ꦩꦠ)

1. (ngoko) eye (organ)

   Synonyms: (krama) mripat, (krama inggil) soca

• “mata”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

From Portuguese matar.

mata

1. to kill

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈta/ [mʌˈta], /ˈmata/ [ˈmaː.tʌ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

matá or máta

1. eye (the organ)
2. a person's face

mata

1. (of plants) fresh, not mature
2. (of food) uncooked
3. (of wood) undried

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “máta”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[5], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 304
• Allen, Larry (2021), “matá”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “mata”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

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

• IPA^(key): /məˈta/ [məˈtä]

mata

1. eye (organ)

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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]

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata class 6

1. saliva^[2]

(Proverbs)

• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga

(Nouns)

• rũta class 11

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːta]

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. (anatomy) face

   Synonym: ngora

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “mata”, in Lamboya word list‎^[6], Leiden: LexiRumah

mata m

1. genitive singular of mats

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

Borrowed from Bangi bata.

-mata (infinitive komata)

1. to go up
2. to climb

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈ)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

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

Sense of mesh from semantic evolution of 'eye' > 'hole, orifice'

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmatə/ [ˈma.t̪ə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -atə, -tə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ata, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

mata (Jawi spelling مات, plural mata-mata or mata²)

1. eye (organ)

   Synonym: ain

2. edge (of an axe, a knife, etc.)

   Synonym: bilah

3. hole (of a needle, net, etc.)
4. eye (of a potato)
5. (archaic) mesh of a net
6. shoot, sprout (of root/stem tuber)
7. grade, step
8. centre, centre point
9. fountainhead, source (of income, water, etc.)

   Synonyms: punca, sumber

10. mark, score (gained in a contest, exam, etc.)

    Synonym: poin (Indonesian)

11. item
12. (archaic) all types of dishes and food (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

• > Indonesian: mata (inherited)

• Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “مات mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 631
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 113-4
• “mata”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

• "mata" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈmɐtɐ]

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Hawaiian maka and Tahitian mata),^[1] Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Malay mata), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.^[2][3]

For sense of point, see also Malay 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 like ihu “nose”.^[5]

mata

1. eye (organ of sight)

   Synonyms: karu, whatu

2. edge, point, tip

   Synonyms: tara, koi, koinga

3. (archaic) face

   Synonyms: nohi, kanohi

4. surface

   Synonyms: kahu, papa

5. headland

   Synonyms: ihu, koi, rae, kūrae, tūmū

6. mesh (of a net)

   Synonyms: tākekenga, papa, raumata

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (compare with Hawaiian maka, Tokelauan mata, Tongan mata and Samoan mata),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *mataq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mataq (compare with Malay mentah), from Proto-Austronesian *moto.^[2][3]

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

   Synonym: ota

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “mata”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 216
• “mata” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

matá

1. awake

   Antonym: turog

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. eye

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

matá

1. eye (organ)

• matet

mata

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

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

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata

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

• Javanese: ꦩꦠ (mata)

From Proto-Germanic *matōną.

mata

1. (transitive) To feed; nourish

• matask

• matr

• Danish: made
• Elfdalian: måtå
• Faroese: mata
• Gutnish: mate
• Icelandic: mata
• Norn: meta
• Norwegian: mate
• Swedish: mata
• → Middle French: amadouer
  • French: amadouer

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta).

mata

1. dead^[1]
2. past participle of marati (“to die”)^[2]

• amata

Inherited from Sanskrit मत (mata).

mata

1. past participle of maññati (“to think”)^[3]

mata n

1. opinion, view^[1]

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Portuguese matar and Spanish matar and Kabuverdianu mata.

mata

1. to kill

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Possibly a learned borrowing from Late Latin matta.

mata f (diminutive matka)

1. mat (floor pad)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

1. third-person singular present of matać

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

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

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

mata f (plural matas)

1. woods, forest (collection of trees)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:floresta

• matta (obsolete)

Deverbal from matar.

mata m (uncountable)

1. (Portugal, games) dodgeball

   Synonym: jogo do mata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

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

• “mata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. story

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

From an alteration of dumneata.

mata

1. (regional, familiar) you (singular)

   Synonym: matale

• tu
• dumneavoastră
• voi

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈta/, [ma.ˈta]

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

Borrowed from Spanish, perhaps from Late Latin matta.

mata

1. (Campidanese) tree

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Perhaps from Late Latin matta (“floormat, doormat”).

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

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

• “mata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ɑːta

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

   Du Nisse, har du matat katten? ― Hey Nisse, have you fed the cat?

   Mata inte djuren ― Do not feed the animals

   Får man mata djuren? ― Are you allowed to feed the animals?

   ligga på en divan och bli matad 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.

• mata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• tama

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. See also Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”) / 眼(め) (me, “eye”) + 戸(と) (to, “door”) = 窓(まど) (mado, “window”).^[1]

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maˈta/ [mɐˈt̪a]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /maˈtaʔ/ [mɐˈt̪aʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

matá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. eye

• “mata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• tama

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.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata

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

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry mata.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry mata.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

mata

1. unripe

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

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

mata

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

mata

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

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

mata

1. (stative) to be raw
2. (stative) to be young

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[7], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 222

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.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ta/

mata

1. eye (organ)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata

1. not

   Kèku wënchi mata kuwatuu?

   Why don't you know?

• mata tèpahta

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

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonym: matalsok

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

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonym: nalusok

matá

1. awake

   Antonyms: katurog, katuspok

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

matá

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

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

mata

1. raw (of food)