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Asturian
Verb
matan
- third-person plural present subjunctive of matar
Finnish
Adjective
matan
- genitive singular of matta
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
matan
- third-person plural present indicative of matar
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
Pronunciation
Noun
matan f
- morning
- matins
Inflection
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
matan m inan
- (Kociewie) large button with a shiny eye
Further reading
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “matan”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 155
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmatan/
- Rhymes: -atan
- Syllabification: ma‧tan
Verb
matan
- third-person plural present indicative of matar
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata.
Noun
matan
- eye
Volapük
Etymology
From mat + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
matan (nominative plural matans)
- spouse (husband or wife), consort
- married (one) (acting semantically as the English adjective, though literally: "married person")
Declension
declension of matan
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Yámana
Noun
matan
- three