OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Danckaerts & Wiltens (1623): Moluccan Malay

Page number: 95

matta

•  an eye; the point of something.een ooge; de scherpte ofte punt ergens van.

matta-cayïl

•  point of a fish-hook.visch-hoecx punt.

matta-hayër

•  water source.de oorspronck van't waeter.

ayër pounja matta melille cras

•  the stream flows quickly.de beecke, oft riviere loot sterck aff.

matta-angin adda tiga-poulo dua

•  there are thirty-two directions of wind.daer zijn twee en dertich oorsproncken (dat is streecken) van winden.

matta-caki

•  claw ?.enclauwen.