empat mata

• Compound of empat (“four”) +‎ mata (“eye”)
• Calque of Dutch onder vier ogen (“in private”, literally “under four eyes”). The same phrase is used in German unter vier Augen, Danish under fire øjne, and Icelandic undir fjögur augu.

empat mata

1. (literal) four eyes

empat mata

1. tête-à-tête, head-to-head

   Synonym: tête-à-tête

empat mata

1. privately, in private, in secret (between two persons)

   Mungkinkah kita berbicara empat mata?

   Is it possible for us to talk in private?

• “empat mata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.