Protoform: MATA.1C [EO] Point, blade, cutting-edge (of a weapon or instrument)
| Description: | Point, blade, cutting-edge (of a weapon or instrument) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *0 >> EP *mata-a "obsidian" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Mata | Front end of an object | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Mata(a)/ivi | A type of small traditional fish hook made of fish bones | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Mata | Point, cutting edge | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Mata | Point, cutting edge | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Maka | Blade, cutting edge, point | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Mata | Point, sharp end | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Mata | Extremity | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Mada | End, one end of | (Lbr) |
| Kwaraʔae | Ma- | Point, blade | (???) |
| Luangiua | Maka | Fight (with weapons) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Mata | End of a fish-hook. L'extrémité courbée d'un hameçon; pointe d'une lance. | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mata | Drill point, spear point | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Mata | Lame d'un instrument tranchant, côté aiguisé, pointe d'une ailguille, d'une épingle, d'un couteau | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Mata(a) | Cutting edge, knife | (Bke) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mata | Blade, cutting edge, point | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Mata/ʔitao | Spear point | (Dye) |
| Niue | Mata- | (in compounds) Sharp point, blade, cutting edge; the very tip, head or front of something | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Mata | Point (of spear etc.), tip (of pencil) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Mada | Point, tip | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Mata | Point of fishhook | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Mata/i | Snood of fishhook (Sta < Bck) | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Mata | Point, tip | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Mata | Blade, cutting edge, point | (Bse) |
| Rotuman | Mafa | Sharp edge | (Cwd) |
| Saʔa | Maa | Edge, point | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Mata | Blade, cutting edge, point. Core of boil (McP). | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Mata | The end or edge of an object | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Mâta | The edge of a tool | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Mata, mata- | Front end or edge, tip, face | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Mata | Point, front; tip, fore-part | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Mata | Point; cutting edge | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Mata | Blade, cutting edge, point | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Matta | Edge of any thing, brink, boundary | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Mata | Edge of blade?, point (of spear, fish-hook) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Mata | Edge, point, blade | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mata | Protruding part of | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Mata | (Le) devant, pointe | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | I/mata | Avant, devant | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | I mata o | Devant, avant | (Hmn) |
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