มาตา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mātā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• माता (Devanagari script)
• মাতা (Bengali script)
• මාතා (Sinhalese script)
• မာတာ or မႃတႃ (Burmese script)
• ᨾᩣᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາຕາ (Lao script)
• មាតា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄂𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

มาตา (mātā)

1. Thai script form of mātā, which is nominative/vocative singular of มาตรฺ (mātar, “mother”)
2. Thai script form of mātā, which is nominative/vocative singular of มาตัร (mātar, “mother”)

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mata/, [maˈta]

Noun

มาตา (mata)

1. eye (organ)

Derived terms

• ตามาตา (tamata, “police”)

Further reading

• Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 134
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*maCa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI