mazata

Uneapa

Etymology

Johnston (1982) suggests an origin from Proto-Meso-Melanesian *masat, with cognates such as Proto-Nakanai *marasa. However, Goodenough (1997) rejects the proposal, due to phonetic problems.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mazata/

Adjective

mazata

1. beautiful

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
• Goodenough, Ward H. (1997). Proto-Kimbe: A New Analysis. Oceanic Linguistics. 36 (2): p. 274.