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Minangkabau
Etymology
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
mato aia
- spring (spot where water wells up from underground)
References
- Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985, page 191