< Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/mata
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mata/
Noun
*mata
- eye (organ)
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Hawaiian: maka
- → English: maka
- Maori: mata
- Rapa Nui: mata
- Tahitian: mata
- Hawaiian: maka
- Samoan: mata
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Niuean: mata
- Tongan: mata