mati

Compare Cebuano bati (“sensation”).

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

matì (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)

1. sensation
2. feeling

   Synonym: buot

mati

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

mati

1. to know; to perceive; to understand

mati

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

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mati

mati

1. to know

mati

1. first-person singular present of mata

• IPA^(key): /ˈmati/

mati

1. plural of mato

• m4ti (filter-avoidance spelling)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmati/ [ˈma.t̪i]

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• Rhymes: -ati
• Syllabification: ma‧ti

mati (active mati, imperative mati, emphatic-jussive matilah)

1. (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to die
2. (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to be dead
3. (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to stop (of an engine/watch, etc.), to be out of order, to be broken, to be stopped working
4. (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to go out, to be extinguished (of a light/flame/fire/ lamp/radio, etc.)

mati (comparative lebih mati, superlative paling 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

• “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.

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mati

1. dead

mati

1. to die

mati m

1. nominative/vocative plural of mats

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.

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

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)

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

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)

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

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

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

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

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *mata-qi- from Proto-Polynesian *mata “eye, point” – thus also doublet of mata – likely through an intermediate like *mata a lima (corresponding to mata a-rima ~ mata a-ringa).^[1] Compare also 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.)

mati (usually reduplicated as matimati)

1. finger, toe

   Synonyms: tō, toi, kōroa

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

mati

1. call

Inherited from Sanskrit मति (mati).

mati f

1. mind
2. opinion, thought

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmati/

-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?

mati

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

• → Spanish: mate
  • → English: maté, mate
  • → French: maté
  • → Portuguese: mate
  • ⇒ Arabic: مَتَّة (matta)

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

mati

1. water

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

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

• IPA^(key): /mâti/

• mȁti:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

mȁti f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ти)

1. mother

   Synonym: mȃjka

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

• IPA^(key): /màːti/

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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

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See Thesaurus:mati

• “mati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Borrowed from Dutch maat and/or English mate.

mati

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

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

mati

1. four

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

mati class 6

1. water