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mata

Pronunciation: /ˈmatə/

“mata” is a Malay word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. eye (organ of sight)
  2. edge; blade; point (the sharp cutting part, teeth, or point of a tool or weapon)
  3. hole (of a needle, net, etc.)
  4. eye (of a potato)
  5. mesh of a net
  6. shoot; sprout (of root/stem tuber)
  7. grade; step
  8. centre; centre point
  9. fountainhead; source (of income, water, etc.)
  10. mark; point; score (gained in a contest, exam, etc.)
  11. item
  12. cent; one-hundredth (1/100) of a currency unit.
  13. all types of dishes and food

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Sense of mesh from semantic evolution of 'eye' > 'hole, orifice'

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