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mata-mata

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
mata--ma-ta
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A police officer.

Slang

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mata-matas (plural)

Questions

What does mata-mata mean?
A police officer.
Where does mata-mata come from?
From Malay mata-mata (“eyes”), plural of mata. Doublet of maka, from Hawaiian.

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