matimati

Chichewa

Etymology

A corruption of English tomato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.tíˈma.ti/

Noun

matímati class 6

  1. tomato

Synonyms

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: toi, 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.
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