Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/maCa

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Etymology

Compare Proto-Kra-Dai *maTa: (“eye”) and Proto-Austroasiatic *mat (“eye”).

Alternative reconstructions

*matá

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mat͡sa/

Noun

*maCa

eye (organ)

Descendants

Paiwan: matsa
Amis: mata
Bunun: mata
Kavalan: mata
Tsou: mcoo
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *mata (see there for further descendants)

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussel, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.

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