mato aia
Minangkabau
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of mato (“eye”) + aia (“water”). From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata nu wahiR (“spring of water, source of a river”). Cognate to Malay mata air.
Noun
[edit]- spring (spot where water wells up from underground)
References
[edit]- Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary][1] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985, page 191