OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Blust & Trussel (2019b): Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

*mata

•  eye, face, focal point, center or most prominent part; hole, aperture; doorway, window; budding part of plant; ‘eye’ of coconut; knot in wood; sun; core of a boil; blade of a knife; to awaken; operculum of a snail; mesh of a net; eye of a needle; noose of a trap; hearth; direction of the wind; head of a river; spring, source; lid, cover.

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