maat
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”). Doublet of mate.
Noun edit
maat (plural maats)
- (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy
- 2007, William Higham, The Hammarskjold Killing, page 226:
- A lot of my maats went west.
Etymology 2 edit
From Egyptian mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness, justice”).
Noun edit
maat (uncountable)
- (philosophy, historical) the ancient Egyptian concept of justice, order, and harmony.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maat (plural maats or maters, diminutive maatjie)
Descendants edit
- → English: maat
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From older mate, which still exists in parallel with this form. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.
Noun edit
maat f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: maat
- Berbice Creole Dutch: mete
- Negerhollands: maat, meet, maet
- → Indonesian: emat
- → Papiamentu: mat
Etymology 2 edit
From a borrowing of Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon *gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) + *matjô, from *matiz (“food”).[1][2]
Cognate with Old High German gimazzo, English mate.
Noun edit
maat m (plural maten or maats, diminutive maatje n)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: maat
- → English: maat
- Berbice Creole Dutch: mati
- Negerhollands: maat, maet
- Skepi Creole Dutch: matte
- → Polish: mat
- → Sranan Tongo: mati (via the diminutive)
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Finnish edit
Noun edit
maat
- nominative plural of maa
Anagrams edit
Mansaka edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)zaqat, compare Malay jahat.
Adjective edit
maat
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
maat
- Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)
Adjective edit
maat
- Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
maat
- Alternative form of mat (“tired”)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
maat
- Alternative form of maten (“to checkmate”)
Tabasco Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
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maat
Volapük edit
Noun edit
maat (nominative plural maats)