mata

mata

1. be ripe

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

2021, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言辭典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

matá

1. awake

   Antonyms: turog, katurog

2. conscious

   Synonyms: aram, marigmat

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈta/

mata

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

• biji mata
• bulu mata
• kelupak mata

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta/

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

mata f (plural mates)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: arbust

2. mastic (tree)

   Synonym: llentiscle

3. thicket

   Synonym: bosc

• matoll

• matafaluga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

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

• “mata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

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

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

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

mata

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

mata

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mata.

• mat-an

• amat

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. Alternative spelling of má·t̪a

• Greenburg, Language in the Americas

From Spanish matar (“to kill”).

matá

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

mata

1. (Northern dialect) little brother

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

• bata

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. awakened; awake

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata

1. masculine singular present transgressive of mást

• matouc

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈtʰa/

mata

1. to forget

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• ꨟꨓꨩ

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

• IPA^(key): /mə.taː/

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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.

mata

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

• Audio

  (file)

mata

1. third-person singular past historic of mater

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From a substrate language. Compare mato.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɐ]

mata m (plural matas)

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

• Mata
• Matamá

Back-formation from matar

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatɐ]

mata m (plural matas)

1. kill (act of killing)

   Synonym: matanza

mata

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

• “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.

mata

1. to be sharp

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

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.

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

mata

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰

From Portuguese matar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mata.

mata

1. to kill

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

mā̀tā f (plural mātā, possessed form mā̀tar̃)

1. woman
2. wife

• mace

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

mātā

1. plural of mata
2. plural of mace

mata

1. eye

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR.

mata (plural mamta)

1. metate (grinding stone)
2. gizzard

• 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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From matur (“food”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

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

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

• mötun (“feeding”)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• 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.

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

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. The sharp cutting edge of a knife, axe, or other cutter tool; a blade.

   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

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. Rōmaji transcription of また

mata

1. Romanization of ꦩꦠ

From Portuguese matar.

mata

1. to kill

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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[1].

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata class 6

1. saliva[2]

(Proverbs)

• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga

(Nouns)

• rũta class 11

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːta]

mata

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

   Synonym: ngora

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

mata m

1. genitive singular form of mats

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmata]

mata (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈ)

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ta

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?)

• (organ): ain / عين‎

• air mata / اءير مات‎
• matahari / ماتاهاري‎
• mata-mata / مات٢‎

• Indonesian: mata

• “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, page 113-4

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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.

mata

1. raw (uncooked)

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.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. eye

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

matá

1. eye (organ)

• matet

mata

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

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

• IPA^(key): /mata/

mata

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

• Javanese: ꦩꦠ (mata)

From Proto-Germanic *matōną.

mata

1. (transitive) To feed; nourish

• matask

• matr

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

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta).

mata

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

mata n

1. opinion, view

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “mata”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Portuguese matar and Spanish matar and Kabuverdianu mata.

mata

1. to kill

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

mata f (diminutive matka)

1. mat (floor pad)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata m anim or m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of mat

mata

1. third-person singular present of matać

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta

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

mata f (plural matas)

1. woods, forest (collection of trees)

• matta (obsolete)

• (woods): see Thesaurus:floresta

Deverbal from matar.

mata m (uncountable)

1. (Portugal, games) dodgeball

   Synonym: jogo do mata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

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

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.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

mata

1. story

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

From an alteration of dumneata.

mata

1. (regional, familiar) you (singular)

   Synonym: matale

• tu
• dumneavoastră
• voi

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

Borrowed from Spanish, perhaps from Late Latin matta.

mata

1. (Campidanese) tree

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

matá

1. (anatomy) eye

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmata/ [ˈma.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ma‧ta

Perhaps from Late Latin matta.

mata f (plural matas)

1. shrub

   Synonym: arbusto

2. sprig
3. mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus

   Synonyms: lentisco, mata charneca

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

   Synonyms: planta, vegetal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mata

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

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

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

1. to feed; helping a baby or a very young animal to eat
2. to feed; to continuously deliver

   Skrivaren måste ha gått sönder, den bara 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.

• tama

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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”).[1]

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta
• IPA^(key): /maˈta/, [mɐˈta]
• IPA^(key): /maˈtaʔ/, [mɐˈtaʔ] (obsolete)

matá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆ)

1. eye (organ)

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

mata

1. eye (organ)

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.

mata

1. eye (organ)

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