Where does “hilatmata” come from?

hilatmata (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mata, from Proto-Philippine mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.

hilatmata (Tagalog): eyelid pull; gesture of opening the eyes using the fingers especially by stretching the lower eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid pull; gesture of opening the eyes using the fingers especially by stretching the lower eyelid

Ancestry of “hilatmata”, step by step

hilatmata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog mata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmataeye
2Proto-Philippinemataeye
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmataeye
4Proto-Austronesianmataeye
5Proto-AustronesianmaCaeye organ

via Tagalog hilat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghilat—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian maCa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian mata →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata →