mato

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mato"

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French marteau.

Noun

mato

1. hammer

Asturian

Verb

mato

1. first-person singular present indicative of matar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈma.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.to]

Verb

mato

1. first-person singular present indicative of matar

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bãˈto/

Noun

mato

1. cassava dough (resulted from grating and washing the cassava).

See also

• ẽtaro
• ẽtarʉ
• pedico
• jajʉóba
• jajʉórʉ
• pediba
• pedicũ
• tuaro
• caroyʉ
• tuyʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "mato", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Matte, Italian matta, English mat, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Additional cognates include French natte, Norwegian Bokmål matte, Swedish matta, Finnish matto, Portuguese and Spanish mata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmato]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ma‧to

Noun

mato (accusative singular maton, plural matoj, accusative plural matojn)

1. mat

Derived terms

• musmato (“mousepad”)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato, probably an old loan from an Indo-Iranian language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧to

Noun

mato

1. worm (animal)
2. (colloquial) maggot (soft, legless larva)
3. (colloquial) maggot (worthless person)
4. (informal) tilde

   Synonym: aaltoviiva

5. (computing) worm (a type of malware that spreads between computers autonomously, i.e. without user intervention)
6. (dialectal) Synonym of käärme (“snake”)

Declension

Inflection of mato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		mato	madot
genitive		madon	matojen
partitive		matoa	matoja
illative		matoon	matoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mato	madot
accusative	nom.	mato	madot
	gen.	madon
genitive		madon	matojen
partitive		matoa	matoja
inessive		madossa	madoissa
elative		madosta	madoista
illative		matoon	matoihin
adessive		madolla	madoilla
ablative		madolta	madoilta
allative		madolle	madoille
essive		matona	matoina
translative		madoksi	madoiksi
abessive		madotta	madoitta
instructive		—	madoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative matoni matoni accusative nom. matoni matoni gen. matoni genitive matoni matojeni partitive matoani matojani inessive madossani madoissani elative madostani madoistani illative matooni matoihini adessive madollani madoillani ablative madoltani madoiltani allative madolleni madoilleni essive matonani matoinani translative madokseni madoikseni abessive madottani madoittani instructive — — comitative — matoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative matosi matosi accusative nom. matosi matosi gen. matosi genitive matosi matojesi partitive matoasi matojasi inessive madossasi madoissasi elative madostasi madoistasi illative matoosi matoihisi adessive madollasi madoillasi ablative madoltasi madoiltasi allative madollesi madoillesi essive matonasi matoinasi translative madoksesi madoiksesi abessive madottasi madoittasi instructive — — comitative — matoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative matomme matomme accusative nom. matomme matomme gen. matomme genitive matomme matojemme partitive matoamme matojamme inessive madossamme madoissamme elative madostamme madoistamme illative matoomme matoihimme adessive madollamme madoillamme ablative madoltamme madoiltamme allative madollemme madoillemme essive matonamme matoinamme translative madoksemme madoiksemme abessive madottamme madoittamme instructive — — comitative — matoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative matonne matonne accusative nom. matonne matonne gen. matonne genitive matonne matojenne partitive matoanne matojanne inessive madossanne madoissanne elative madostanne madoistanne illative matoonne matoihinne adessive madollanne madoillanne ablative madoltanne madoiltanne allative madollenne madoillenne essive matonanne matoinanne translative madoksenne madoiksenne abessive madottanne madoittanne instructive — — comitative — matoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative matonsa matonsa accusative nom. matonsa matonsa gen. matonsa genitive matonsa matojensa partitive matoaan matoansa matojaan matojansa inessive madossaan madossansa madoissaan madoissansa elative madostaan madostansa madoistaan madoistansa illative matoonsa matoihinsa adessive madollaan madollansa madoillaan madoillansa ablative madoltaan madoltansa madoiltaan madoiltansa allative madolleen madollensa madoilleen madoillensa essive matonaan matonansa matoinaan matoinansa translative madokseen madoksensa madoikseen madoiksensa abessive madottaan madottansa madoittaan madoittansa instructive — — comitative — matoineen matoinensa

Derived terms

• madottaa
• matoinen
• matomainen
• matonen

 

compounds

• aivomato
• halkiomato
• harvasukasmato
• heisimato
• hietamato
• ihomato
• iilimato
• imumato
• jauhomato
• jouhimato
• juurimato
• kaalimato
• kastemato
• keuhkomato
• kielimato
• kihomato
• kiiltomato
• korvamato
• koukkumato
• kunttamato
• laakamato
• laiskamato
• laivamato
• lapamato
• lehtimato
• likomato
• limamato
• loismato
• madonhäätö
• madonkantaja
• madonlakki
• madonluku
• madonreikä
• madonsyömä
• makkaramato
• maksamato
• matoastia
• matokomposti
• matokompostori
• matokuuri
• matokäärme
• matolaatikko
• matolääke
• Matomäki
• mato-onki
• matopeli
• matosyötti
• matoterapia
• mittarimato
• monisukasmato
• nauhamato
• nivelmato
• nuolimato
• okakärsämato
• okapäämato
• omenamato
• onkimato
• piiskamato
• pikkuaivomato
• putkimato
• rakkomato
• ruiskumato
• ruumiinmato
• silkkiäismato
• sisälmysmato
• sukkulamato
• suolimato
• suolistomato
• syöttimato
• tiehytmato
• tulimato
• tähtimato
• vattumato
• väkäkärsämato
• väkämato
• värysmato
• änkyrimato

 

Related terms

• madella
• mataa
• matelija

 

Further reading

• “mato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• moat, omat

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmato̝/

Etymology 1

From a substrate language. Compare Portuguese mato and Spanish mata.

Noun

mato m (plural matos)

1. uncultivated land; woodland; heath
2. brushwood

Derived terms

• Matelo
• Mato
• Mato Grande
• matogueira
• Matomaior

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mato

1. first-person singular present indicative of matar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mato”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English mat, German Matte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmato/
• Rhymes: -ato

Noun

mato (plural mati)

1. mat, matting (of straw or other materials)

See also

• tapiso

Ingrian

Mato.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato (“worm”). Cognates include Finnish mato (“worm”) and Estonian madu (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑto̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑd̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: ma‧to

Noun

mato

1. snake

   jaadukas mato ― venomous snake

2. (in compounds) worm

Declension

Declension of mato (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	mato	maot
genitive	maon	mattoin, matoloin
partitive	mattoa	matoja, matoloja
illative	mattoo	mattoi, matoloihe
inessive	maos	maois, matolois
elative	maost	maoist, matoloist
allative	maolle	maoille, matoloille
adessive	maol	maoil, matoloil
ablative	maolt	maoilt, matoloilt
translative	maoks	maoiks, matoloiks
essive	matonna, mattoon	matoinna, matoloinna, mattoin, matoloin
exessive1)	matont	matoint, matoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (snake): maahiin, (obsolete) käärme
• (worm): matokkain

Derived terms

• jaadumato
• jaanimato
• jouhimato
• kirjava mato
• maokas
• maonkotain
• matokkain
• sittamato
• tanvasmato
• tulimato
• vaskimato
• verimato
• värttänämato
• öömato

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, page 9

Japanese

Romanization

mato

1. Rōmaji transcription of まと

Karelian

Regional variants of mato

North Karelian (Viena)	mato
South Karelian (Tver)	mado

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato. Cognates include Finnish mato and Veps mado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑto/
• Hyphenation: ma‧to

Noun

mato (genitive mavon, partitive matuo)

1. (North Karelian) worm
2. (North Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of kiärmis (“snake”)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of mato (type 1/tyttö, t-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mato	mavot
genitive	mavon	matojen
partitive	matuo	matoja
illative	matoh	matoloih
inessive	mavošša	matoloissa
elative	mavošta	matoloista
adessive	mavolla	matoloilla
ablative	mavolta	matoloilta
translative	mavokši	matoloiksi
essive	matona	matoloina
comitative	—	matoloineh
abessive	mavotta	matoloitta

Possessive forms of mato
1st person	matoni
2nd person	matoš
3rd person	matoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “mato”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːtɔ]

Verb

mãto

1. third-person singular/plural present of matyti (“to see”)

Noun

mãto

1. genitive singular of mãtas (“measure”)

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

mato

1. eye (organ)

Derived terms

• mato aia
• matoari
• mato kaki
• mato-mato
• mato-matoi

References

• Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary]‎^[5] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985, page 191

Nupe

Mátò na nì kíǹ na.

Etymology

• Borrowed from Hausa mota, ultimately from English motor, motorcar'
• Compare with Yoruba mọ́tò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mã́.tò/

Noun

mátò (plural mátòzhì)

1. car

   Mátò na wáncí na à nì kíǹ. ― The big car will have an accident.

Derived terms

• mátòpá (“driving”)
• mátòpáci (“driver”)
• pá mátò (“to drive (a car)”)

 

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• matu

Verb

mato

1. third-person plural present indicative of masu

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• मतो (Devanagari script)
• মতো (Bengali script)
• මතො (Sinhalese script)
• မတော or မတေႃ (Burmese script)
• มโต or มะโต (Thai script)
• ᨾᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມໂຕ or ມະໂຕ (Lao script)
• មតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

mato

1. masculine nominative singular of mata (“dead; thought”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu/

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ma‧to

Etymology 1

From mata.

Noun

mato m (plural matos)

1. (usually uncountable) forest; bush; jungle; woods (uncultivated area covered in wild plants)

   Synonym: (more formal) mata

2. (usually uncountable) wild grass, weeds and other low-lying plants

   Synonym: capim

Derived terms

• bicho do mato
• matinho

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mato

1. first-person singular present indicative of matar

Sango

Noun

mato (plural âmato)

1. proverb, adage

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmato/ [ˈma.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ma‧to

Etymology 1

Noun

mato m (plural matos)

1. bushes

Etymology 2

From Latin macto

Verb

mato

1. first-person singular present indicative of matar

Further reading

• “mato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Venetan

Etymology 1

Compare Italian matto

Adjective

mato (feminine singular mata, masculine plural mati, feminine plural mate)

1. crazy, mad
2. fake, abnormal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese mato.

Noun

mato m (plural mati)

1. (Brazil) wild grass, weeds and other low-lying plants

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato (“worm”). Cognates include Finnish mato (“worm”) and Estonian madu (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑto]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: ma‧to

Noun

mato

1. snake

Inflection

Declension of mato (type II/võrkko, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mato	maod
genitive	mao	matojõ, matoi
partitive	mattoa	matoitõ, matoi
illative	mattosõ, matto	matoisõ
inessive	maoz	matoiz
elative	maossõ	matoissõ
allative	maolõ	matoilõ
adessive	maollõ	matoillõ
ablative	maoltõ	matoiltõ
translative	maossi	matoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly from East Makian matuo (“old (of people)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t̪o/

Verb

mato

1. (stative) to be old (of people)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mato (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		timato	mimato	amato
2nd person		nimato	fimato
3rd person	inanimate	imato	dimato
	animate	mamato
imperative		—, mato	—, mato

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[6], Pacific linguistics