Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/mata

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*mata

  1. eye (organ)

Descendants

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  • 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)