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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch mat (“check”), from Middle Dutch mat (“checkmate”), borrowed from Old French mat, borrowed from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”). Doublet of sekakmat.
Interjection
êmat
- (chess) Word called out when an opponent's king or queen is threatened with voidable capture; mate.
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Etymology 2
From Dutch maat (“size, measure”), mate, from Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.
Noun
êmat (plural emat-emat)
- (colloquial) size (clothes, etc)
Further reading
Latin
Verb
emat
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of emō