*mats-  “fish”

  matsya                  “fish”                     Sanskrit, also 
  mash                    “fish”                     Bengali
  masa                    “fish”                     Singhalese

IEW
  *mad-                   “wet, drip (with fat); 
                           juicy, fat”               Proto-IndoEuropean
  mátsya- (“the wet”)
  made:-                  “be wet, drip, be full”    Latin
  mattus  (< *madi-to-s)  “drunk”                    Latin

PMA
  matsi                   “fish”                     Piamatsina, Malmariv, Nonona 
                                                     Navut, Morouas, Matae
                                                     Akei, Penatsiro, Wailapa
  maha                    “fish”                     Hawai'i
  masi-masi               “dolphins”                 Samoa
  mah                     “fish”                     Lakon
  mee                     “fish”                     Savo
  moti                    “fish”                     Misima
  masi                    “fish”                     Aurora
  mes                     “fish”                     Vureas
  masiki                  “fish”                     Central Borneo
  mesia                   “fish”                     Koiara
  masi                    “fish”                     Mafea, Tutuba


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