matahari, mentari

a word from vocabulary Indonesian by Uri Tadmor  
Word form matahari, mentari
LWT meaning(s)
Comments on word From mata ‘eye’ and hari ‘day’, meaning literally ‘the eye of the day’. The collapsed form mentari is poetic.
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss mata-hari [eye day]
Age Prehistorical [27] (500–500)
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