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Norman
- mare (continental Normandy, Guernsey)
- mar (Sark)
Etymology
From Old French mare.
Pronunciation
Noun
mathe f (plural mathes)
- (Jersey) pond
Scots
Etymology
Old English maþa, from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *math-, *moth- (“used for insects and vermin”). Cognate with Dutch made, German Made and related to Swedish mask, Danish madike, archaic English maddock (English maggot).
Pronunciation
Noun
mathe (plural mathes)
- a grub, a maggot, an earthworm
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.
Noun
mathe class 6
- saliva
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.
Noun
mathe
- saliva