ตามาตา

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

Partial reduplication of มาตา (mata, “eye”), from Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (“eye”); compare Malay mata-mata.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tamata/, [tamaˈta]

Noun

ตามาตา (tamata)

  1. police; policeman

Further reading
  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 153
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