maate

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See also: Maate and måte

Finnish

Etymology

From the instructive form of the second infinitive of maata (standard maaten).

Pronunciation

Adverb

maate (dialectal)

  1. to sleep, to rest

Usage notes

Usually used with käydä, mennä or panna.

Further reading

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Etymology 1

From Middle English mæte, met, from Old English mete, from Proto-West Germanic *mati. Cognate with Middle Scots mat.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

maate [1]

  1. flesh meat
    • 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, lines 3[2]:
      Gin we have no mo' maate, it maakes no mo' matter,

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

maate

  1. simple past of maake[1]
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:
      Th' ball want a cowlee, the gazb maate all rize;
      The ball o'er shot the goal, the dust rose all about;
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:
      Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.
      There was a good pudding made of bran.
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:
      Which maate mee hearth as coale as leed.
      Which made my heart as cold as lead.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 55
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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