Where does “mati” come from?

mati (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic mati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

mati (Malay): dead no longer alive, death, deceased

Definitions

  1. dead no longer alive, death, deceased

Ancestry of “mati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmatito die
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—

Words derived from “mati”

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