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Icelandic
Noun
mátta
- indefinite genitive plural of máttur
Lule Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *māntëk.
Noun
mátta
- stem (of a tree)
- base, root, lowest part of something
Inflection
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *māntëk.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmaːtta/
Noun
mátta
- stem, root
- (linguistics) stem
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old Norse
Verb
mátta
- first-person singular past active indicative of mega