Mata

"Mata" means "eye" in Malay, "mata mata" is "an indefinite number of eyes"--or the police.

Mata Hari was intelligent and a polyglot.

Kano’s Kofar Mata dye pit is one of the last surviving hand-coloring textile makers in Nigeria.

While possession is usually limited to Bhilala men, the mata entered women too, endowing them with the power of clairvoyance, enabling them to identify the evil spirits or daakans in their midst. The mata spoke through the possessed, forecasting the future, directing people and events for her proper propitiation.