mato aia

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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]

mato aia

  1. spring (spot where water wells up from underground)

References[edit]

  • Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Chinese), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985, page 191
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