English Explanatory Dictionary

mata-mata

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A police officer.

Word forms

mata-mata mata-matas

Etymology

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

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