The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value hati

Language:
Malay
Parameter:
heart; core; seat of certain feelings. Anatomically the "blood-eagle" made up of liver, gall and heart proper (, ); commonly is 'heart' as the seat of emotion and also of one's secret thoughts; is used by mystics in the sense almost of character or human nature; but is used most commonly in the sense of active feeling in contrast to mere passive sensation; cf. 'to feel cool' and 'to keep cool' [561575b0053ea1a9a5c6fad6d4a184d2]
References
Wilkinson 1959