Tahitian mata

← Proto-Austronesian *maCa (inherited)

← Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata (inherited)

← Proto-Oceanic *mata (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *mata (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (inherited)

← Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata (inherited)

→ Hawaiian maka (cognate)

→ Maori mata (cognate)