< Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/waiʀ ni mata
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Etymology
*waiʀ (“water”) + *mata (“eye”), from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ ni mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ ni mata.
Noun
*waiʀ ni mata
- tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)
Descendants
- Oceanic: *waiʀ ni mata
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
- East Fijian
- Fijian: wai ni mata
- East Fijian
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
External links
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *waiʀ ni mata