mata

English

Alternative forms

• mātā

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā, “mother”). Doublet of mater and mother.

Noun

mata (plural matas)

1. (India) A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
2. (India) A Hindu goddess.
   • 1995, Amita Baviskar, In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts Over Development in the Narmada Valley, Bombay,  : Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     While possession is usually limited to Bhilala men, the mata entered women too, endowing them with the power of clairvoyance, enabling them to identify the evil spirits or daakans in their midst. The mata spoke through the possessed, forecasting the future, directing people and events for her proper propitiation.

3. (India) A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).

See also

See also

• matamata

References

Further reading

• “mata”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

'Are'are

Verb

mata

1. be ripe

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Abenlen Ayta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Agusan Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Agutaynen

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ambala Ayta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Amis

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata (“eye”).

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Arta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Asturian

Verb

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ata Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Balinese

Romanization

mata

1. Romanization of ᬫᬢ
2. Romanization of ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ
3. Romanization of ᬫᬣ

Bantik

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Batad Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• IPA^(key): /maˈta/,

Noun

matá (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. instance of getting hit in the eye

Adjective

matá (plural marata, Basahan spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. awake

   Antonyms: turog, katurog

2. conscious

   Synonyms: aram, marigmat

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Binukid

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Botolan Sambal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈta/

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)
2. the sharp edge of a blade, edge (as opposed to spine)
3. point (knife)

Hyponyms

• biji mata
• bulu mata
• kelupak mata

Derived terms

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Bunun

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Capiznon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Probably an extension of Late Latin matta (“mat”), i.e. "mat-like growth of plants".

Noun

mata f (plural mates)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: arbust

2. mastic (tree)

   Synonym: llentiscle

3. thicket

   Synonym: bosc

Derived terms

• matoll

Related terms

• matafaluga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• IPA^(key): /maˈta/,

Noun

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. (anatomy) an eye; an organ through which animals see
2. an eye of a pineapple
3. (mahjong) the extra pair of tiles in most winning hands

Verb

mata (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. to awake; to wake up
2. to eye; to observe carefully

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mata.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• amat

Central Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Central Pomo

Noun

mata

1. Alternative spelling of má·t̪a

References

• Greenburg, Language in the Americas

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish matar (“to kill”).

Verb

matá

1. to kill
2. to close; to wink (of one's eyes)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

mata

1. (Northern dialect) little brother

Usage notes

• Corresponding words in standard Crimean Tatar: kadâ, qardaş.

Declension

Synonyms

• bata

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Adjective

mata

1. awakened; awake

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

mata

1. masculine singular present transgressive of mást

Related terms

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *umarta-, see Mongolian мартах (martax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈtʰɑ/

Noun

mata

1. to forget

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨟꨓꨩ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.taː/

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Embaloh

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mata

Verb

mata (third person singular past indicative mataði, third person plural past indicative mataðu, supine matað)

1. to feed

Conjugation

Conjugation of mata (group v-30)
infinitive	mata
supine	matað
participle (a6)1	matandi	mataður
	present	past
first singular	mati	mataði
second singular	matar	mataði
third singular	matar	mataði
plural	mata	mataðu
	imperative
singular	mata!
plural	matið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. face (part of the body)
2. eye (organ)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

mata

1. third-person singular past historic of mater

Gaddang

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Galician

Etymology 1

From a substrate language. Compare mato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mata m (plural matas)

1. (now rare) forest, woodland
2. bush, shrub

Derived terms

• Mata
• Matamá

Etymology 2

Back-formation from matar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mata m (plural matas)

1. kill (act of killing)

   Synonym: matanza

Etymology 3

Verb

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “mata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mata” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garo

Verb

mata

1. to be sharp

Geser-Gorom

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Gilbertese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Hawaiian maka, Maori mata), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq (compare Chamorro mata', Indonesian mentah, Malagasy manta, Malay mentah).

Adjective

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)
2. colour, hue
3. lamp or lantern, any object used to shed light
4. any sort of opening such as a lid or entrance, eye of needle

Gothic

Romanization

mata

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese matar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mata.

Verb

mata

1. to kill

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màː.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

mā̀tā f (plural mātā, possessed form mā̀tar̃)

1. woman
2. wife

Related terms

• mace

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máː.táː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

mātā

1. plural of mata
2. plural of mace

Higaonon

Noun

mata

1. eye

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Hopi

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR.

Noun

mata (plural mamta)

1. metate (grinding stone)
2. gizzard

Derived terms

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 39
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 237

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ibatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Icelandic

Etymology

From matur (“food”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

Verb

mata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mataði, supine matað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to feed (a baby), to spoonfeed

Conjugation

Derived terms

• mötun (“feeding”)

Ilianen Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ilongot

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Inabaknon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Malay mata, from Classical Malay mata, from Old Malay mata, from Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Maori mata, Tagalog mata.
• The sense “center of storm” is a semantic loan from English eye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• Rhymes: -ata, -ta, -a

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

mata (first-person possessive mataku, second-person possessive matamu, third-person possessive matanya)

1. eye;
   1. (literally, anatomy) An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light).
   2. Something resembles to eye (needle eye, etc).
   3. A reproductive bud in a branch, potato etc.
   4. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
2. blade: The sharp cutting edge of a knife, axe, or other cutter tool.

   mata pedang ― blade of sword

3. (figurative) center.

   Synonym: pusat

4. The gap between two lines (degree, ruler, etc)
5. (figurative) the important part of something

   mata air ― spring

   mata pencaharian ― livelihood

6. type

   mata huruf ― type of letter

   mata perdagangan ― commodities

   mata anggaran ― line item

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Iraya

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

Itawit

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Japanese

Romanization

mata

1. Rōmaji transcription of また

Javanese

Romanization

mata

1. Romanization of ꦩꦠ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese matar.

Verb

mata

1. to kill

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì. Hinde (1904) records mata as an equivalent of English spittle in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba matta, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba utta and Swahili mate as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mata/

Noun

mata class 6

1. saliva

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga

Related terms

(Nouns)

• rũta class 11

References

Kinaray-a

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. (anatomy) face

   Synonym: ngora

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “mata”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

Latvian

Noun

mata m

1. genitive singular of mats

Ledo Kaili

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Libon Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Mag-Anchi Ayta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Mag-Indi Ayta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mata (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈ)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /matə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mata/
• Rhymes: -atə, -tə, -ə

• Audio (MY)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ta

Noun

mata (Jawi spelling مات, plural mata-mata, informal 1st possessive mataku, 2nd possessive matamu, 3rd possessive matanya)

1. eye (organ)
2. edge (of an axe, a knife, etc.)

   Synonym: bilah

3. hole (of a needle, net, etc.)
4. eye (of a potato)
5. shoot, sprout (of root/stem tuber)
6. grade, step
7. centre, centre point
8. fountainhead, source (of income, water, etc.)

   Synonyms: punca, sumber

9. mark, score (gained in a contest, exam, etc.)

   Synonym: poin (Indonesian)

10. item
11. (archaic) all types of dishes and food (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

• (organ): ain / عين

Derived terms

• air mata / اءير مات
• anak mata / انق مات
• bulu mata / بولو مات
• cenderamata / چندرامات
• cermin mata / چرمين مات
• kaca mata / کاچ مات
• mata air / مات اءير
• mata angin / مات اڠين
• matahari / ماتاهاري
• mata kail / مات کاءيل
• mata kucing / مات کوچيڠ
• mata-mata / مات٢
• mata pelajaran / مات ڤلاجرن
• mata wang / مات واڠ

Descendants

• Indonesian: mata

Further reading

• “mata” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "mata" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “مات mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 594
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mata”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 113-4

Mamanwa

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Mamboru

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (compare with Hawaiian maka and Tokelauan mata), from Proto-Oceanic *mataq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matah (compare with Malay mentah), from Proto-Austronesian *moto.

Adjective

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Hawaiian maka and Tahitian mata), Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (cognate with Malay mata), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

References

• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 220-3

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

Adjective

matá

1. awake

   Antonym: turog

Derived terms

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Mongondow

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Niuean

Noun

mata

1. eye

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. eye (organ)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• matet

Verb

mata

1. inflection of mate:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mata/

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)
2. meshes (of a net)
3. stone (set in a ring, etc)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦠ (mata)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *matōną.

Verb

mata

1. (transitive) To feed; nourish

Derived terms

• matask

Related terms

• matr

Descendants

• Danish: made
• Elfdalian: måtå
• Faroese: mata
• Gutnish: mate
• Icelandic: mata
• Norn: meta
• Norwegian: mate
• Swedish: mata
• → Middle French: amadouer
  • French: amadouer

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta).

Adjective

mata

1. dead
2. past participle of marati (“to die”)

Declension

Derived terms

• amata

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मत (mata).

Adjective

mata

1. past participle of maññati (“to think”)

Declension

Noun

mata n

1. opinion, view

Declension

References

Pamplona Atta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Pangutaran Sama

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese matar and Spanish matar and Kabuverdianu mata.

Verb

mata

1. to kill

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Etymology 1

Perhaps a learned borrowing from Late Latin matta.

Noun

mata f (diminutive matka)

1. mat (floor pad)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mata m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mata m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mata

1. third-person singular present of matać

Further reading

• mata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Ponosakan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mata, possibly from Late Latin matta (“reed mat”).

Noun

mata f (plural matas)

1. woods, forest (collection of trees)

Alternative forms

• matta (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (woods): see Thesaurus:floresta

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from matar.

Noun

mata m (uncountable)

1. (Portugal, games) dodgeball

   Synonym: jogo do mata

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Rawa

Noun

mata

1. story

References

• Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

Romanian

Etymology

From an alteration of dumneata.

Pronoun

mata

1. (regional, familiar) you (singular)

   Synonym: matale

See also

• tu
• dumneavoastră
• voi

Romblomanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈta/,

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Tokelauan mata.

Noun

mata

1. eye

Sangir

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Sarangani Blaan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Sardinian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, perhaps from Late Latin matta.

Noun

mata

1. (Campidanese) tree

So'a

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

Southwest Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmata/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Late Latin matta (“floormat, doormat”).

Noun

mata f (plural matas)

1. shrub

   Synonym: arbusto

2. sprig
3. mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus

   Synonyms: lentisco, mata charneca

4. (Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic) plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)

   Synonyms: planta, vegetal

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mata

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Surigaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mata, from mat (“food”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːta/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ɑːta

Verb

mata (present matar, preterite matade, supine matat, imperative mata)

1. to feed (give food to, usually of an animal or of actively feeding someone (like a small child))

   Synonym: (more general) föda (“feed (provide with nutrition)”)

   mata hönsen

   feed the chickens

   mata bebisen med en sked

   feed the baby with a spoon

   Får man mata djuren?

   Are you allowed to feed the animals?

   ligga på en divan och matas med druvor

   lie on a divan and be fed grapes

2. (figuratively) to feed (with something other than food)

   matas med propaganda

   be fed propaganda

   Mata inte trollen

   Don't feed the trolls

3. (often with a particle like in or ut) to feed, to enter

   Hon matade in uppgifterna i databasen

   She entered the data into the database

   Skrivaren måste ha gått sönder. Den matar ut pappren ett efter ett så fort jag satt i dem.

   The printer must be broken. It spits out the papers, one by one, as fast as I've put them in.

Conjugation

Related terms

References

• mata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tama

Tadyawan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Compare Japanese 目(め) (me, “eye”) / 眼(め) (me, “eye”) + 戸(と) (to, “door”) = 窓(まど) (mado, “window”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /maˈta/,
  • IPA^(key): /maˈtaʔ/, (obsolete)
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Noun

matá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. eye

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

• “mata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*maCa”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tagbanwa

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Tboli

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Vanikoro *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mata/

Noun

mata

1. eye, gaze
2. face
3. hole, opening, passage

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry mata.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry mata.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Tiruray

Adjective

mata

1. unripe

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Samoan mata.

Noun

mata

1. eye
2. (in the plural) face
3. point (extremity of a sharp object)
4. cutting edge
5. (in the plural) glasses, spectacles

Verb

mata

1. (intransitive) to look
2. (transitive) to see
3. (transitive) to wear (glasses)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Samoan mata.

Verb

mata

1. (stative) to be raw
2. (stative) to be young

Derived terms

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 222

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ta/

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Particle

mata

1. not

   Kèku wënchi mata kuwatuu?

   Why don't you know?

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “mata”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonym: matalsok

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• IPA^(key): /maˈta/,

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonym: nalusok

Adjective

matá

1. awake

   Antonyms: katurog, katuspok

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. eye (organ)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

Yakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mata

1. eye (organ)

Yogad

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matá

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. knot (in wood)

Etymology 2

Adjective

mata

1. raw (of food)