Estonian

Proper noun

Mati

1. A male given name.

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Mate

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish Matthias and Matthæus.

Proper noun

Mati

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Maasi

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Catalan

Verb

mati

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of matar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of matar
3. third-person singular imperative form of matar

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

mati

1. to know; to perceive; to understand

Ido

Noun

mati

1. plural of mato

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mati, from Proto-Malayic *mati (compare Malay 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.

Adjective

mati

1. dead (no longer alive)

Verb

mati

1. to die (to stop living)

Latvian

Noun

mati m

1. nominative plural form of mats
2. vocative plural form 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

1. dead (no longer alive)

Verb

mati

1. to die (to stop living)

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

Quechua

Noun

mati

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

Ronga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mati

1. water

Reference

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâti/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

Noun

mȁti f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ма̏ти)

1. mother

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms

• mȃjka

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmàːti/
• Tonal orthography: máti

Noun

máti f ‎(genitive mátere, nominative plural mátere)

1. mother

Declension

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mati

1. water