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

1. 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.