Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/maCa
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Proto-Austronesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Proto-Kra-Dai *maTa: (“eye”) and Proto-Austroasiatic *mat (“eye”).
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*maCa
- eye (organ)
Descendants
[edit]- Paiwan: matsa
- Amis: mata
- Bunun: mata
- Kavalan: mata
- Tsou: mcoo
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *mata (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussel, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.