mati

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mati"

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Cebuano bati (“sensation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatiʔ/ [ˈma.tiʔ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

Noun

matì (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)

1. sensation
2. feeling

   Synonym: buot

Derived terms

• himati
• kamatian
• mamatian
• pagmati
• pakamati
• pamati

 

Catalan

Verb

mati

1. inflection of matar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Central Nahuatl

Verb

mati

1. to know; to perceive; to understand

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

mati

1. to know; to perceive; to understand
2. to be knowledgeable

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mati

Verb

mati

1. to know

Faroese

Verb

mati

1. first-person singular present of mata

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmati/

Noun

mati

1. plural of mato

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay mati, from Proto-Malayic *mati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

Cognates

Cognate with Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Fijian mate, Hawaiian make, Ilocano matay, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Maori mate, Palauan mad, Rapa Nui mate, Tagalog matay, Tahitian mate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i
• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

Adjective

mati (not comparable)

1. dead
   1. no longer living; deceased

      Synonym: meninggal

   2. devoid of living things; barren
   3. (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live
   4. (of a battery) uable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty
   5. (of a language) no longer used as a native or first language
   6. (of a wind) static (having no motion)
   7. (of a place, figuratively) lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people

      Synonym: sepi

2. inanimate (not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals)
3. (of a spring, well, etc.) does not contain water (anymore); does not have running water (anymore)
4. out
   1. (of a lamp, fire, etc.) in a state of non-operation or non-existence

      Synonym: padam

   2. (of certain services, devices, or facilities) not available; out of service
5. (figuratively) stuck (unable to progress with a task)

   Synonym: buntu

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• bermati-mati
• bermatian
• bermatikan
• kemati-matian
• kematian
• mati-mati
• mati-matian
• matikan
• pemati
• pematian
• semati
• semati-mati

 

Further reading

• “mati” 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.

Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi): antaka, antu, bencah, lampus, mokta, mreti, ngemasi, palastra, pantaka, pralaya, praléna, prananta
ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): séda, surud
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): padhem, pejah
ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama-ngoko): ajat, jèd, ngajal, kukud, maot, pancal donya
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): mati
ꦏꦱꦂ (kasar): bangka, jèdèng, jekangkang, jideng, jidhèt, mampus, medodong, mojèd, modar, mujur ngalor, pokik

Adjective

mati

1. dead

Verb

mati

1. to die

Latvian

Noun

mati m

1. nominative/vocative plural of mats

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mati (compare Indonesian mati), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (compare Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Fijian mate, Hawaiian make, Ilocano matay, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Maori mate, Palauan mad, Rapa Nui mate, Tagalog matay, Tahitian mate), from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mati/
• Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i

Adjective

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)

1. dead (no longer alive), death, deceased

Verb

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)

1. to die (to stop living), pass away

Synonyms

• kembali ke rahmatullah (euphemism)
• meninggal dunia
• pulang ke rahmatullah (euphemism)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: mati (inherited)
• → Hokkien: 馬滴 / 马滴 (má-tih)

Further reading

• “mati” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Derived from Assamese মাতা (mata), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta). Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠣꠔꠣ (mata).

Verb

mati

1. call

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• मति (Devanagari script)
• মতি (Bengali script)
• මති (Sinhalese script)
• မတိ (Burmese script)
• มติ or มะติ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຕິ or ມະຕິ (Lao script)
• មតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मति (mati).

Noun

mati f

1. mind
2. opinion, thought

Declension

Declension table of "mati" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mati	matiyo or matī
Accusative (second)	matiṃ	matiyo or matī
Instrumental (third)	matiyā	matīhi or matībhi
Dative (fourth)	matiyā	matīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	matiyā or matyā	matīhi or matībhi
Genitive (sixth)	matiyā	matīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	matiyā or matiyaṃ or matyaṃ	matīsu
Vocative (calling)	mati	matiyo or matī

Descendants

• → Thai: มติ (má-dtì)
• → Khmer: មតិ (mĕəʼteʼ)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 517

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mati. Compare Classical Nahuatl mati (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmati/

Verb

-mati

1. (transitive) to know

   Tikmati kan kiajkawket ne ajamat? ― Do you know where they left the papers?

2. (reflexive) to feel

   Maka shimumatikan ka ankimatit muchi ― Don't feel like you know everything

3. (transitive) to believe, to think

   Tejemet tikmatit ka taja timiktuka ― We thought you had died already

4. (transitive) to understand

   Ankimatket muchi ini tay antakaktiwit? ― Did you understand all this that you heard?

Derived terms

• -machtia (“to teach”)
• mutēkukujmati (“to be offended”)
• tamati (“to guess; to have knowledge”)
• -welmati (“to like (food)”)
• -īshmati (“to know; to recognize”)

 

Quechua

Noun

mati

1. the fruit of some kind of gourd
2. maté

Declension

declension of mati

	singular	plural
nominative	mati	matikuna
accusative	matita	matikunata
dative	matiman	matikunaman
genitive	matip	matikunap
locative	matipi	matikunapi
terminative	matikama	matikunakama
ablative	matimanta	matikunamanta
instrumental	matiwan	matikunawan
comitative	matintin	matikunantin
abessive	matinnaq	matikunannaq
comparative	matihina	matikunahina
causative	matirayku	matikunarayku
benefactive	matipaq	matikunapaq
associative	matipura	matikunapura
distributive	matinka	matikunanka
exclusive	matilla	matikunalla

possessive forms of mati

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	matiy	matiykuna
accusative	matiyta	matiykunata
dative	matiyman	matiykunaman
genitive	matiypa	matiykunap
locative	matiypi	matiykunapi
terminative	matiykama	matiykunakama
ablative	matiymanta	matiykunamanta
instrumental	matiywan	matiykunawan
comitative	matiynintin	matiykunantin
abessive	matiyninnaq	matiykunannaq
comparative	matiyhina	matiykunahina
causative	matiyrayku	matiykunarayku
benefactive	matiypaq	matiykunapaq
associative	matiypura	matiykunapura
distributive	matiyninka	matiykunanka
exclusive	matiylla	matiykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	matiyki	matiykikuna
accusative	matiykita	matiykikunata
dative	matiykiman	matiykikunaman
genitive	matiykipa	matiykikunap
locative	matiykipi	matiykikunapi
terminative	matiykikama	matiykikunakama
ablative	matiykimanta	matiykikunamanta
instrumental	matiykiwan	matiykikunawan
comitative	matiykintin	matiykikunantin
abessive	matiykinnaq	matiykikunannaq
comparative	matiykihina	matiykikunahina
causative	matiykirayku	matiykikunarayku
benefactive	matiykipaq	matiykikunapaq
associative	matiykipura	matiykikunapura
distributive	matiykinka	matiykikunanka
exclusive	matiykilla	matiykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	matin	matinkuna
accusative	matinta	matinkunata
dative	matinman	matinkunaman
genitive	matinpa	matinkunap
locative	matinpi	matinkunapi
terminative	matinkama	matinkunakama
ablative	matinmanta	matinkunamanta
instrumental	matinwan	matinkunawan
comitative	matinintin	matinkunantin
abessive	matinninnaq	matinkunannaq
comparative	matinhina	matinkunahina
causative	matinrayku	matinkunarayku
benefactive	matinpaq	matinkunapaq
associative	matinpura	matinkunapura
distributive	matininka	matinkunanka
exclusive	matinlla	matinkunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	matinchik	matinchikkuna
accusative	matinchikta	matinchikkunata
dative	matinchikman	matinchikkunaman
genitive	matinchikpa	matinchikkunap
locative	matinchikpi	matinchikkunapi
terminative	matinchikkama	matinchikkunakama
ablative	matinchikmanta	matinchikkunamanta
instrumental	matinchikwan	matinchikkunawan
comitative	matinchiknintin	matinchikkunantin
abessive	matinchikninnaq	matinchikkunannaq
comparative	matinchikhina	matinchikkunahina
causative	matinchikrayku	matinchikkunarayku
benefactive	matinchikpaq	matinchikkunapaq
associative	matinchikpura	matinchikkunapura
distributive	matinchikninka	matinchikkunanka
exclusive	matinchiklla	matinchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	matiyku	matiykukuna
accusative	matiykuta	matiykukunata
dative	matiykuman	matiykukunaman
genitive	matiykupa	matiykukunap
locative	matiykupi	matiykukunapi
terminative	matiykukama	matiykukunakama
ablative	matiykumanta	matiykukunamanta
instrumental	matiykuwan	matiykukunawan
comitative	matiykuntin	matiykukunantin
abessive	matiykunnaq	matiykukunannaq
comparative	matiykuhina	matiykukunahina
causative	matiykurayku	matiykukunarayku
benefactive	matiykupaq	matiykukunapaq
associative	matiykupura	matiykukunapura
distributive	matiykunka	matiykukunanka
exclusive	matiykulla	matiykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	matiykichik	matiykichikkuna
accusative	matiykichikta	matiykichikkunata
dative	matiykichikman	matiykichikkunaman
genitive	matiykichikpa	matiykichikkunap
locative	matiykichikpi	matiykichikkunapi
terminative	matiykichikkama	matiykichikkunakama
ablative	matiykichikmanta	matiykichikkunamanta
instrumental	matiykichikwan	matiykichikkunawan
comitative	matiykichiknintin	matiykichikkunantin
abessive	matiykichikninnaq	matiykichikkunannaq
comparative	matiykichikhina	matiykichikkunahina
causative	matiykichikrayku	matiykichikkunarayku
benefactive	matiykichikpaq	matiykichikkunapaq
associative	matiykichikpura	matiykichikkunapura
distributive	matiykichikninka	matiykichikkunanka
exclusive	matiykichiklla	matiykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	matinku	matinkukuna
accusative	matinkuta	matinkukunata
dative	matinkuman	matinkukunaman
genitive	matinkupa	matinkukunap
locative	matinkupi	matinkukunapi
terminative	matinkukama	matinkukunakama
ablative	matinkumanta	matinkukunamanta
instrumental	matinkuwan	matinkukunawan
comitative	matinkuntin	matinkukunantin
abessive	matinkunnaq	matinkukunannaq
comparative	matinkuhina	matinkukunahina
causative	matinkurayku	matinkukunarayku
benefactive	matinkupaq	matinkukunapaq
associative	matinkupura	matinkukunapura
distributive	matinkunka	matinkukunanka
exclusive	matinkulla	matinkukunalla

Descendants

• → Spanish: mate
  • → English: maté, mate
  • → French: maté
  • → Portuguese: mate

Ronga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mati

1. water

References

• Henri A. Junod, Grammaire ronga (1896, Imprimerie Georges Bridel), page 66

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâti/

• mȁti:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

Noun

mȁti f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ти)

1. mother

   Synonym: mȃjka

Declension

Declension of mati

	singular	plural
nominative	mȁti/mȁtēr	matere
genitive	mȁterē	matera
dative	mȁteri	materama
accusative	mȁtēr	matere
vocative	mati	matere
locative	mȁteri	materama
instrumental	materom	materama

Derived terms

• materèšina
• materètina
• mȁterice
• mȁteričnī
• mȁterin
• mȁterīnskī
• mȁterīnstvo
• mȁterinjī
• mȁternica
• màtērnjī
• materùsina

 

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màːti/

• Audio:

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Noun

máti f

1. mother
2. (literary, figuratively) the cause or source of something^[→SSKJ]
3. (rapturously) Used to stress the importance or dependence on the following noun.

   mati narava ― mother nature

4. (in rural areas, obsolete, often with onikanje forms) grandmother

Inflection

First feminine declension (r-stem)
nom. sing.	máti
gen. sing.	mátere
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	máti	máteri	mátere
genitive rodȋlnik	mátere	mȃter	mȃter
dative dajȃlnik	máteri	máterama	máteram
accusative tožȋlnik	máter, máti	máteri	mátere
locative mẹ̑stnik	máteri	máterah	máterah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	mȃterjo	máterama	máterami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	mȃti	mȃteri	mȃtere

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:mati

Derived terms

• biti cela mati
• biti sin Slovenske matere
• biti tak, kot ga je mati rodila
• kakršna mati, takšna hči
• krušna mati
• lastna mati ne bi koga prepoznala
• mȃterən
• māterin
• materȋnji
• materȋnski
• materȋnstvo
• mȃternica
• Mati
• mati božja
• mati prednica
• mati Slava
• pisana mati
• previdnost je mati modrosti
• stara mati

 

Further reading

• “mati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maat and/or English mate.

Noun

mati

1. friend, mate, buddy
2. (slang, euphemistic) woman in a lesbian relationship

Descendants

• Aukan: mati
  • Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: mati
• → Dutch: mattie
• → Kari'na: mati

Tangkhul Naga

Numeral

mati

1. four

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mati class 6

1. water