"mata-mata" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /mata mata/, [matə matə] (note: Johor-Riau) Forms: مات٢ [Jawi]
Rhymes: -ta, -a Etymology: Reduplication of mata (“eye”). From mata + mata. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|ms|mata|t=eye}} Reduplication of mata (“eye”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=مات٢|pl=-}} mata-mata (Jawi spelling مات٢)
  1. Plural of mata. Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mata
    Sense id: en-mata-mata-ms-noun-yaaeRrwE Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay reduplications Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 84 8 7 Disambiguation of Malay reduplications: 78 12 10

Noun

IPA: /mata mata/, [matə matə] (note: Johor-Riau) Forms: مات٢ [Jawi], banyak mata-mata [plural]
Rhymes: -ta, -a Etymology: Reduplication of mata (“eye”). From mata + mata. Etymology templates: {{reduplication|ms|mata|t=eye}} Reduplication of mata (“eye”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=مات٢|pl=banyak mata-mata}} mata-mata (Jawi spelling مات٢, plural banyak mata-mata)
  1. A police officer. Synonyms: polis, perajurit
    Sense id: en-mata-mata-ms-noun-AV3sVPGj
  2. A spy. Synonyms: ejen rahsia, pengintip, perisik, luluk
    Sense id: en-mata-mata-ms-noun-BIL8P0r3
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "mata",
        "t": "eye"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”). From mata + mata.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مات٢",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مات٢",
        "pl": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "mata-mata (Jawi spelling مات٢)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 12 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mata"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plural of mata."
      ],
      "id": "en-mata-mata-ms-noun-yaaeRrwE",
      "links": [
        [
          "mata",
          "mata#Malay"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mata mata/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[matə matə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mata-mata"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "mata-mata",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Indonesian: mata-mata (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Indonesian: mata-mata (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mata-mata",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mata-mata",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mata-mata"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "馬打"
          },
          "expansion": "馬打/马打 (mǎdǎ)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 馬打/马打 (mǎdǎ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "หมาต๋า",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "mã tà",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Vietnamese: mã tà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Vietnamese: mã tà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "mata",
        "t": "eye"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”). From mata + mata.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مات٢",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "banyak mata-mata",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مات٢",
        "pl": "banyak mata-mata"
      },
      "expansion": "mata-mata (Jawi spelling مات٢, plural banyak mata-mata)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A police officer."
      ],
      "id": "en-mata-mata-ms-noun-AV3sVPGj",
      "links": [
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "polis"
        },
        {
          "word": "perajurit"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A spy."
      ],
      "id": "en-mata-mata-ms-noun-BIL8P0r3",
      "links": [
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ejen rahsia"
        },
        {
          "word": "pengintip"
        },
        {
          "word": "perisik"
        },
        {
          "word": "luluk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mata mata/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[matə matə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian",
    "False friend"
  ],
  "word": "mata-mata"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay multiword terms",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay reduplications",
    "Malay uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ta"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "mata",
        "t": "eye"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”). From mata + mata.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مات٢",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مات٢",
        "pl": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "mata-mata (Jawi spelling مات٢)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mata"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plural of mata."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mata",
          "mata#Malay"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mata mata/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[matə matə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mata-mata"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay multiword terms",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay reduplications",
    "Malay uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a",
    "Rhymes:Malay/a/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ta"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "mata-mata",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Indonesian: mata-mata (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Indonesian: mata-mata (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mata-mata",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mata-mata",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mata-mata"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "馬打"
          },
          "expansion": "馬打/马打 (mǎdǎ)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 馬打/马打 (mǎdǎ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "หมาต๋า",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "mã tà",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Vietnamese: mã tà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Vietnamese: mã tà"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "mata",
        "t": "eye"
      },
      "expansion": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”)",
      "name": "reduplication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of mata (“eye”). From mata + mata.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مات٢",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "banyak mata-mata",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "مات٢",
        "pl": "banyak mata-mata"
      },
      "expansion": "mata-mata (Jawi spelling مات٢, plural banyak mata-mata)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A police officer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "polis"
        },
        {
          "word": "perajurit"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A spy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spy",
          "spy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ejen rahsia"
        },
        {
          "word": "pengintip"
        },
        {
          "word": "perisik"
        },
        {
          "word": "luluk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mata mata/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[matə matə]",
      "note": "Johor-Riau"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-a"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian",
    "False friend"
  ],
  "word": "mata-mata"
}

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