mata eyes / gaze, direction of the eyes as they look / face / [...]

Part of Speech	noun, relational
Phonetic Form	mata
Proto-Form	POc: *mata
Tanema Equivalent	kamae
Lovono Equivalent	mala

1. • eyes

   Typical Subject

   man, animal

   • • Example 1556:
       

       Mata ene tevie i-meli.

       [lit. My eyes on one side hurt] One of my eyes is painful.

     • Example 1557:
       

       Ene ni-mede kaipa tae, ene ni-romo ñe mata ene!

       I'm not lying to you, I saw it with my own eyes!

     • Example 1558:
       

       Mata ene i-mokoiu.

       [my eyes are asleep] I'm feeling sleepy.

     • Example 1559:
       

       Mata ini kilo.

       She's blind.

2. • gaze, direction of the eyes as they look

   Syntactic Restriction

   foll. by motion or directional verb

   • • Example 1560:
       

       Mata da i-koie ne moe ponu la-romo.

       [their eyes went into the house] They looked into the house and then saw it.

     • Example 1561:
       

       Mata i-katau tetawene na!

       Observe carefully [lit. let your eyes follow] these drawings!

3. • face

   (Part of) Synonym (for)

   tanoma

4. • grammatical subject of ~ledi ‘be hungry’

   • • Example 1562:
       

       Mata ene i-ledi.

       I feel hungry!

5. • opening, passage; hole

   Typical Subject	s.th.
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	moboe

   • • Example 1563:
       

       mata pele

       net mesh

     • Example 1564:
       

       mataruene

       opening of door, doorway

6. • cover for an opening, hence lid+

   (Part of) Synonym (for)

   donga

7. • tip, point

   Typical Subject

   object

   • • Example 1565:
       

       mata diro

       tip of arrow

8. • spring

   Typical Subject	river+
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	matavo

9. • sprout, seedling, shoot, offshoot

   Typical Subject	plant
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	mataña jie tongo

   • • Example 323:
       

       mata bale

       sprout of breadfruit tree

     • Example 601:
       

       La-tabe mata ka la-lui la-do i-katau ngogoro.

       They collected shoots, and began to plant them around the island.

       Example Comment

       kaori tree

     • Example 1566:
       

       mata luro

       germinated coconut

     • Example 1567:
       

       mata bule

       taro shoot

Related entries

• Is Part of:
  • mata ero water spring, source
• See also:
  • ~do¹ plant ‹trees›