mata-mata

See also: matamata, matamatá, and mata mata

English

Etymology

From Malay mata-mata (“eyes”), plural of mata. Doublet of maka.

Noun

mata-mata (plural mata-matas)

  1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) A police officer.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Noun

mata-mata

  1. plural of mata

mata-mata (plural banyak mata-mata)

  1. spy

Malay

Noun

mata-mata

  1. plural of mata

Noun

mata-mata (plural banyak mata-mata, informal first-person possessive mata-mataku, informal second-person possessive mata-matamu, third-person possessive mata-matanya)

  1. policeman
  2. (Indonesia) detective
  3. spy

Descendants
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