Where does “mata” come from?

mata (Gilbertese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mətaq.

mata (Gilbertese): raw; eye; colour, hue

Definitions

  1. raw; eye; colour, hue

Ancestry of “mata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmətaq—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mətaq →