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mata
/ˈmɑtə/
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What does mata mean?
noun
- A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
- A Hindu goddess.
- A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑtə/
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The singing of the hymns was decidedly very pleasing, but the language from the pulpit, although fluently delivered, did not sound well: a constant repetition of words, like "tata ta, mata mai," rendered it monotonous.
The present takes the form of four antique beads, or of some other object worth about one dollar; it is termed LASAT MATA, for it is supposed that if it were omitted the artist would go blind, and some misfortune would happen to the parents and relations of the girl undergoing the operation of tatu.