matimati

Chichewa

Etymology

A corruption of English tomato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tíˈma.ti/

Noun

matímati class 6

1. tomato

Synonyms

• phwetekere
• tomato

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of mati from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *mata-qi- – compare with matikao “bud” (from *mata-qi-kao “point of growth”) and matihao. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

matimati

1. finger, toe

   Synonyms: matihao, maihao, maikara, kōroa

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “matimati”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 234
• “matimati” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.