matara

matara

1. inflection of matar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

From Proto-Finnic *matara, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ta‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. (botany) bedstraw (any plant of the genus Galium)

• “matara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• armaat

matara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of matar

From Proto-Finnic *matara (“bedstraw”), with the modern sense probably originally short for of the derived kivimatara. Cognates include Finnish matara and Estonian madar.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑtɑr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑːrɑ/, [ˈmɑtˑɑːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑr, -ɑtɑːrɑ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. shield lichen

• kivimatara

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 299

• mataris, materis, madaris

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, but the exact word and Celtic cognates are obscure.

matara f (genitive matarae); first declension

1. sort of javelin used by Gauls

   Cum milites Romani exercitum Gallicum oppugnavissent, bellatores Gallici impetum mataris arcuerunt

   When the Roman soldiers attacked the Gaulish army, the Gallic warriors repelled the attack with javelins

First-declension noun.

• Italian: mattero

• “matara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “matara”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "matara", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “matara”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Ellis, P. B. (1998). The Ancient World of the Celts. United Kingdom: Constable, p. 75

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of matar

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مطره (matara).

matara f (plural matarale)

1. water container

• matara in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /maˈtaɾa/ [maˈt̪a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of matar

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطره (matara, matare),^[1][2] from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara, “(leather) pouch, bag”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ma.taˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧ra

matara (definite accusative matarayı, plural mataralar)

1. Water container usually made of woolen fabric, leather or metal, used in travel or military service, carried around the neck or waist.

   Synonym: (dated) kırba

• “matara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “matara¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3078