Where does “putihkan mata” come from?

putihkan mata (Malay) comes from Malay mata, from Proto-Malayic mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

putihkan mata (Malay): To embarrass

Definitions

  1. To embarrass

Ancestry of “putihkan mata”, step by step

putihkan mata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay mata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymataeye; edge; hole
2Proto-Malayicmataeye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
4Proto-Austronesianmataeye
5Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Malay putihkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayputihkanTo make something white; to whiten
2Malayputihwhite
3Classical Malayputihwhite
4Proto-Malayicputihwhite
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite
Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa