mataa

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See also: mätää

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matadak. Cognate to Salaca Livonian matt (“to creep”) and possibly to Erzya мадемс (maďems, “to lie”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mataa

  1. to creep, worm, crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
  2. (figuratively) to move very slowly, crawl (e.g. in a traffic jam)

Conjugation

Inflection of mataa (Kotus type 56*F/kaivaa, t-d gradation)
indicative mood
present tense perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. madan en mada 1st sing. olen matanut en ole matanut
2nd sing. madat et mada 2nd sing. olet matanut et ole matanut
3rd sing. mataa ei mada 3rd sing. on matanut ei ole matanut
1st plur. madamme emme mada 1st plur. olemme mataneet emme ole mataneet
2nd plur. madatte ette mada 2nd plur. olette mataneet ette ole mataneet
3rd plur. matavat eivät mada 3rd plur. ovat mataneet eivät ole mataneet
passive madetaan ei madeta passive on madettu ei ole madettu
past tense pluperfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. madoin en matanut 1st sing. olin matanut en ollut matanut
2nd sing. madoit et matanut 2nd sing. olit matanut et ollut matanut
3rd sing. matoi ei matanut 3rd sing. oli matanut ei ollut matanut
1st plur. madoimme emme mataneet 1st plur. olimme mataneet emme olleet mataneet
2nd plur. madoitte ette mataneet 2nd plur. olitte mataneet ette olleet mataneet
3rd plur. matoivat eivät mataneet 3rd plur. olivat mataneet eivät olleet mataneet
passive madettiin ei madettu passive oli madettu ei ollut madettu
conditional mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. mataisin en mataisi 1st sing. olisin matanut en olisi matanut
2nd sing. mataisit et mataisi 2nd sing. olisit matanut et olisi matanut
3rd sing. mataisi ei mataisi 3rd sing. olisi matanut ei olisi matanut
1st plur. mataisimme emme mataisi 1st plur. olisimme mataneet emme olisi mataneet
2nd plur. mataisitte ette mataisi 2nd plur. olisitte mataneet ette olisi mataneet
3rd plur. mataisivat eivät mataisi 3rd plur. olisivat mataneet eivät olisi mataneet
passive madettaisiin ei madettaisi passive olisi madettu ei olisi madettu
imperative mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. — — 1st sing. — —
2nd sing. mada älä mada 2nd sing. — —
3rd sing. matakoon älköön matako 3rd sing. olkoon matanut älköön olko matanut
1st plur. matakaamme älkäämme matako 1st plur. — —
2nd plur. matakaa älkää matako 2nd plur. — —
3rd plur. matakoot älkööt matako 3rd plur. olkoot mataneet älkööt olko mataneet
passive madettakoon älköön madettako passive olkoon madettu älköön olko madettu
potential mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. matanen en matane 1st sing. lienen matanut en liene matanut
2nd sing. matanet et matane 2nd sing. lienet matanut et liene matanut
3rd sing. matanee ei matane 3rd sing. lienee matanut ei liene matanut
1st plur. matanemme emme matane 1st plur. lienemme mataneet emme liene mataneet
2nd plur. matanette ette matane 2nd plur. lienette mataneet ette liene mataneet
3rd plur. matanevat eivät matane 3rd plur. lienevät mataneet eivät liene mataneet
passive madettaneen ei madettane passive lienee madettu ei liene madettu
Nominal forms
infinitives participles
active passive active passive
1st mataa present matava madettava
long 1st1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st mataakseni mataaksemme
2nd mataaksesi mataaksenne
3rd mataakseen
mataaksensa
past matanut madettu
2nd inessive2 mataessa madettaessa agent3 matama
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st mataessani mataessamme
2nd mataessasi mataessanne
3rd mataessaan
mataessansa
negative matamaton
instructive mataen — 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.

2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
* The third-person singular indicative form mataa does not exhibit final gemination,
unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.

3rd inessive matamassa —
elative matamasta —
illative matamaan —
adessive matamalla —
abessive matamatta —
instructive mataman madettaman
4th4 verbal noun mataminen
5th1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st matamaisillani matamaisillamme
2nd matamaisillasi matamaisillanne
3rd matamaisillaan
matamaisillansa

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References

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

Anagrams

Oromo

Noun

mataa

  1. head

Teop

Adjective

mataa

  1. good

References

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