mati

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mati"

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Cebuano bati (“sensation”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

matì (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)

1. sensation
2. feeling

   Synonym: buot

Derived terms

• himati
• kamatian
• mamatian
• pagmati
• pakamati
• pamati

Catalan

Verb

mati

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

Central Nahuatl

Verb

mati

1. to know; to perceive; to understand

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

mati

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

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mati

Verb

mati

1. to know

Faroese

Verb

mati

1. first-person singular present of mata

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmati/

Noun

mati

1. plural of mato

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• m4ti (filter-avoidance spelling)

Etymology

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

Cognates

Cognate with 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i
• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

Verb

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.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mati (meng-, intransitive)

root	mati
	active	passive		imperative colloquial	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
active	mati	–	–	mati	matilah
locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	mematikan	termatikan	dimatikan	matikan	matikanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is other form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Adjective

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• bermati-mati
• bermatian
• bermatikan
• kemati-matian
• kematian
• mati-mati
• mati-matian
• mematikan
• pemati
• pematian
• semati
• semati-mati
• semematikan

Compounds

• mati akal
• mati andar
• mati angin
• mati ayam
• mati batang otak
• mati bayona
• mati bebang
• mati beragan
• mati beranak
• mati berangai
• mati berdiri
• mati berkalang tanah
• mati bersebab
• mati biologis
• mati bongkong
• mati bujang
• mati dalung
• mati daya
• mati dini
• mati garing
• mati gaya
• mati haid
• mati hati
• mati hukumullah
• mati kaku
• mati katak
• mati kebebangan
• mati kejang
• mati kejat
• mati kekam
• mati kekat
• mati klinis
• mati konyol
• mati kumlah
• mati kutu
• mati lampu
• mati langkah
• mati lelas
• mati lemas
• mati lidah
• mati listrik
• mati mawai
• mati muda
• mati mulik
• mati otak
• mati penasaran
• mati pengap
• mati percuma
• mati pucuk
• mati raga
• mati rasa
• mati samar
• mati seladang
• mati semu
• mati separuh
• mati sesat
• mati sirik
• mati suri
• mati syahid
• mati tegang
• mati terbebang

Further reading

• “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.

Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi): antaka, antu, bencah, lampus, mokta, mreti, ngemasi, palastra, pantaka, pralaya, praléna, prananta
ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): séda, surud
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): padhem, pejah
ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko): ajat, jèd, ngajal, kukud, maot, pancal donya
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): mati
ꦏꦱꦂ (kasar): bangka, jèdèng, jekangkang, jideng, jidhèt, mampus, medodong, mojèd, modar, mujur ngalor, pokik

Adjective

mati

1. dead

Verb

mati

1. to die

Latvian

Noun

mati m

1. nominative/vocative plural 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 (Jawi spelling ماتي)

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

Verb

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)

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

Synonyms

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

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

Verb

mati

1. call

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• मति (Devanagari script)
• মতি (Bengali script)
• මති (Sinhalese script)
• မတိ (Burmese script)
• มติ or มะติ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຕິ or ມະຕິ (Lao script)
• មតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मति (mati).

Noun

mati f

1. mind
2. opinion, thought

Declension

Declension table of "mati" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mati	matiyo or matī
Accusative (second)	matiṃ	matiyo or matī
Instrumental (third)	matiyā	matīhi or matībhi
Dative (fourth)	matiyā	matīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	matiyā or matyā	matīhi or matībhi
Genitive (sixth)	matiyā	matīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	matiyā or matiyaṃ or matyaṃ	matīsu
Vocative (calling)	mati	matiyo or matī

Descendants

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

References

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

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

• -machtia (“to teach”)
• mutēkukujmati (“to be offended”)
• tamati (“to guess; to have knowledge”)
• -welmati (“to like (food)”)
• -īshmati (“to know; to recognize”)

Quechua

Noun

mati

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

Declension

Declension of mati

	singular	plural
nominative	mati	matikuna
accusative	matita	matikunata
dative	matiman	matikunaman
genitive	matip	matikunap
locative	matipi	matikunapi
terminative	matikama	matikunakama
ablative	matimanta	matikunamanta
instrumental	matiwan	matikunawan
comitative	matintin	matikunantin
abessive	matinnaq	matikunannaq
comparative	matihina	matikunahina
causative	matirayku	matikunarayku
benefactive	matipaq	matikunapaq
associative	matipura	matikunapura
distributive	matinka	matikunanka
exclusive	matilla	matikunalla

Possessive forms of mati

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative matiy matiykuna accusative matiyta matiykunata dative matiyman matiykunaman genitive matiypa matiykunap locative matiypi matiykunapi terminative matiykama matiykunakama ablative matiymanta matiykunamanta instrumental matiywan matiykunawan comitative matiynintin matiykunantin abessive matiyninnaq matiykunannaq comparative matiyhina matiykunahina causative matiyrayku matiykunarayku benefactive matiypaq matiykunapaq associative matiypura matiykunapura distributive matiyninka matiykunanka exclusive matiylla matiykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative matiyki matiykikuna accusative matiykita matiykikunata dative matiykiman matiykikunaman genitive matiykipa matiykikunap locative matiykipi matiykikunapi terminative matiykikama matiykikunakama ablative matiykimanta matiykikunamanta instrumental matiykiwan matiykikunawan comitative matiykintin matiykikunantin abessive matiykinnaq matiykikunannaq comparative matiykihina matiykikunahina causative matiykirayku matiykikunarayku benefactive matiykipaq matiykikunapaq associative matiykipura matiykikunapura distributive matiykinka matiykikunanka exclusive matiykilla matiykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative matin matinkuna accusative matinta matinkunata dative matinman matinkunaman genitive matinpa matinkunap locative matinpi matinkunapi terminative matinkama matinkunakama ablative matinmanta matinkunamanta instrumental matinwan matinkunawan comitative matinintin matinkunantin abessive matinninnaq matinkunannaq comparative matinhina matinkunahina causative matinrayku matinkunarayku benefactive matinpaq matinkunapaq associative matinpura matinkunapura distributive matininka matinkunanka exclusive matinlla matinkunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative matinchik matinchikkuna accusative matinchikta matinchikkunata dative matinchikman matinchikkunaman genitive matinchikpa matinchikkunap locative matinchikpi matinchikkunapi terminative matinchikkama matinchikkunakama ablative matinchikmanta matinchikkunamanta instrumental matinchikwan matinchikkunawan comitative matinchiknintin matinchikkunantin abessive matinchikninnaq matinchikkunannaq comparative matinchikhina matinchikkunahina causative matinchikrayku matinchikkunarayku benefactive matinchikpaq matinchikkunapaq associative matinchikpura matinchikkunapura distributive matinchikninka matinchikkunanka exclusive matinchiklla matinchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative matiyku matiykukuna accusative matiykuta matiykukunata dative matiykuman matiykukunaman genitive matiykupa matiykukunap locative matiykupi matiykukunapi terminative matiykukama matiykukunakama ablative matiykumanta matiykukunamanta instrumental matiykuwan matiykukunawan comitative matiykuntin matiykukunantin abessive matiykunnaq matiykukunannaq comparative matiykuhina matiykukunahina causative matiykurayku matiykukunarayku benefactive matiykupaq matiykukunapaq associative matiykupura matiykukunapura distributive matiykunka matiykukunanka exclusive matiykulla matiykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative matiykichik matiykichikkuna accusative matiykichikta matiykichikkunata dative matiykichikman matiykichikkunaman genitive matiykichikpa matiykichikkunap locative matiykichikpi matiykichikkunapi terminative matiykichikkama matiykichikkunakama ablative matiykichikmanta matiykichikkunamanta instrumental matiykichikwan matiykichikkunawan comitative matiykichiknintin matiykichikkunantin abessive matiykichikninnaq matiykichikkunannaq comparative matiykichikhina matiykichikkunahina causative matiykichikrayku matiykichikkunarayku benefactive matiykichikpaq matiykichikkunapaq associative matiykichikpura matiykichikkunapura distributive matiykichikninka matiykichikkunanka exclusive matiykichiklla matiykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative matinku matinkukuna accusative matinkuta matinkukunata dative matinkuman matinkukunaman genitive matinkupa matinkukunap locative matinkupi matinkukunapi terminative matinkukama matinkukunakama ablative matinkumanta matinkukunamanta instrumental matinkuwan matinkukunawan comitative matinkuntin matinkukunantin abessive matinkunnaq matinkukunannaq comparative matinkuhina matinkukunahina causative matinkurayku matinkukunarayku benefactive matinkupaq matinkukunapaq associative matinkupura matinkukunapura distributive matinkunka matinkukunanka exclusive matinkulla matinkukunalla

Descendants

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

Ronga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mati

1. water

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâti/

• mȁti:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ti

Noun

mȁti f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ти)

1. mother

   Synonym: mȃjka

Declension

Declension of mati

	singular	plural
nominative	mȁti/mȁtēr	matere
genitive	mȁterē	matera
dative	mȁteri	materama
accusative	mȁtēr	matere
vocative	mati	matere
locative	mȁteri	materama
instrumental	materom	materama

Derived terms

• materèšina
• materètina
• mȁterice
• mȁteričnī
• mȁterin
• mȁterīnskī
• mȁterīnstvo
• mȁterinjī
• mȁternica
• màtērnjī
• materùsina

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màːti/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

Inflection

First feminine declension (r-stem)
nom. sing.	máti
gen. sing.	mátere
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	máti	máteri	mátere
genitive rodȋlnik	mátere	mȃter	mȃter
dative dajȃlnik	máteri	máterama	máteram
accusative tožȋlnik	máter, máti	máteri	mátere
locative mẹ̑stnik	máteri	máterah	máterah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	mȃterjo	máterama	máterami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	mȃti	mȃteri	mȃtere

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:mati

Derived terms

• biti cela mati
• biti sin Slovenske matere
• biti tak, kot ga je mati rodila
• kakršna mati, takšna hči
• krušna mati
• lastna mati ne bi koga prepoznala
• mȃterən
• māterin
• materȋnji
• materȋnski
• materȋnstvo
• mȃternica
• Mati
• mati božja
• mati prednica
• mati Slava
• pisana mati
• previdnost je mati modrosti
• stara mati

Further reading

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maat and/or English mate.

Noun

mati

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

Descendants

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

Tangkhul Naga

Numeral

mati

1. four

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mati class 6

1. water