The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Value mata
- Language:
- Tongan
- Parameter:
- eye(s) or face; (of cloth, etc.) right side, outer side; (of leaf) front, top, smooth side; (as preposed noun) front (of house, etc.); point (of spear, needle, etc.); point or prong (of fork); blade or cutting edge; head (of boil, etc.); (of coconut) eye, or end where the eyes are; (of net) mesh; (of wound) mouth, opening. Special uses: (a) feelings, (b) best (of a number of valuable things); to see [3ad82e7a0fb2894f6240537a65bfa3ac]
- References
- Churchward 1959