Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/maCa
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Proto-Austronesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Proto-Kra-Dai *maTa: (“eye”) and Proto-Austroasiatic *mat (“eye”).
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*maCa
- eye (organ)
Descendants[edit]
- Paiwan: matsa
- Amis: mata
- Bunun: mata
- Kavalan: mata
- Tsou: mcoo
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *mata (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussel, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.