matka

English

Etymology

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Noun

matka (countable and uncountable, plural matkas)

1. (India, countable) An earthenware pot.
   • 2022, Vijay Karna, The Great Indian Cook Book, page 185:

     Alternatively, instead of cooking in a matka, wrap the vegetable mixture (without lettuce leaves) in aluminium foil and bake in a hot oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.

2. (India, countable, uncountable) A kind of coarse silk from the Indian subcontinent, mainly produced from pierced (moth-damaged) cocoons.

See also

• satta matka

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

matka

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech matka, from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, máti +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• audio

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• Rhymes: -atka

Noun

matka f (related adjective mateřský)

1. mother

   Synonyms: máma, mamka, maminka, máti, mutr, mateř

   Antonym: otec

2. nut (of a bolt)

   Synonym: matice

Declension

Related terms

See also

• šroub (bolt)

Further reading

• matka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• matka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• matka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matka, from Proto-Uralic *mëtka. Finnic cognates include Ingrian matka, Karelian matka, Livonian matkā, Veps matk and Votic matkõ. Other Uralic cognates include Northern Sami muotki, Eastern Khanty мугәт (mugət) and Northern Selkup мыты (myty) (Taz). Doublet of muotka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtkɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑtkɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mat‧ka

Noun

matka

1. journey, trip, voyage, travel

   Synonyms: see retki

   olla matkalla ― to be on the way

   olla matkoilla ― to be on a trip (e.g. abroad)

   palata matkoilta ― to return/come back from a trip

   etelänmatka ― a trip to the south (to a southern country)

   matkan varrella ― during the trip, along the way

   jatkaa matkaa ― to continue travelling, to continue the journey

   matka maailman ympäri ― the journey around the world

   Missä olitkaan taas matkalla?

   Where were you on your trip again?

2. distance (geographical distance between two locations)

   Synonyms: see etäisyys

   Guamille on matkaa 76 kilometriä.

   The distance to Guam is 76 kilometres.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “matka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• kamat

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matka. Cognates include Finnish matka and Estonian matk.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtkɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtkɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑtk, -ɑtkɑ
• Hyphenation: mat‧ka

Noun

matka

1. trip, journey
2. distance
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Sitä vart, jot hyväst saavva tolkku ympäröiväst paikast, pittää tuntaa löytää pooli ja matka, tuntaa katsoa paikan plaanua.

     For this, to understand the surrounding area well, one has to be able to find the direction and the distance, to be able to look at the map of the area.

Declension

Derived terms

• (diminutive) matkut

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 299

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, mac +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatka/
• Syllabification: mat‧ka

Noun

matka f

1. mother (female parent)

Declension

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “matka”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎ (in Kashubian), page 98
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “matka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “matka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 1, page 975
• “matka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, máti +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmatka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmatka/

Noun

matka f

1. mother (female parent)
2. caregiver; protector
3. (figuratively, religion) mother (chief nun)
4. (figuratively) mother (origin)
5. (anatomy) uterus
6. (anatomy) meninges
7. (zoology) queen (female insect that begets others)
8. (botany) mother tree

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: matka

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “matka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, mać +‎ -ka. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /matka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /matka/

Noun

matka f (related adjective matczyn)

1. mother (female parent)
   • 1959 [1400], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 444:

     Orsula, matka Stronislauiney, Dobeslawa... ne nagabala o posak

     [Urszula, matka Stronisławinej, Dobiesława... nie nagabała o posag]

2. mother (origin)
   • 1895 [1448–1450], Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, page 27:

     W rozmislenyv zalyezzy matka cznooth (mater virtutum), rostropnoscz

     [W rozmyśleniu zależy matka cnot (mater virtutum), roztropność]

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Masurian: matkä
• Polish: matka
• Silesian: matka

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “matka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “matka”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “matka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “matka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

matka

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ka/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ka/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: mat‧ka
• Homophone: madka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish matka. By surface analysis, mać +‎ -ka.

Noun

matka f (diminutive mateczka or mateńka or matuchna or matula or matusia or matuś, augmentative matczysko, related adjective matczyny)

1. (countable) mother (human female who begets a child)

   Synonyms: macierz, mama, rodzicielka, stara

2. (countable) mother (animal female that begets a child)
3. (countable, zoology) queen (female insect that begets others)

   Synonym: królowa

4. (countable, religion) mother (chief nun)

   Synonym: matuchna

5. (uncountable) mother (origin)
6. (countable) mother (object or organization that is superior or exemplary in relation to other objects or organizations of this type, usually later created)
7. (countable, botany) mother (plant intended for seedlings)
8. (countable, games) captain (most important player or team manager)
9. (colloquial, endearing) term of endearment for one's wife, mother of children, or older woman; mother
10. (countable, figuratively) mother (one who acts like a mother)
11. (countable, obsolete) main riverbed

    Hypernym: koryto

12. (uncountable, obsolete, children's games) type of children's game
13. (countable, obsolete) concave stamp
14. (Middle Polish, anatomy) womb, uterus

    Synonym: macica

Derived terms

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), matka is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 16 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 5 times in essays, 62 times in fiction, and 71 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 162 times, making it the 356th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

From mata +‎ -ka.

Noun

matka f

1. Diminutive of mata

Declension

References

Further reading

• matka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• matka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “matka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “MATKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 06.03.2020
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “matka”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “matka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “matka”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 902

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish matka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatka/
• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: mat‧ka

Noun

matka f

1. mother

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:muter

   Hyponym: drugŏ matka

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:fater

Declension

Further reading

• matka in silling.org

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

matka

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, mať +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

matka f (genitive singular matky, nominative plural matky, genitive plural matiek, declension pattern of žena)

1. mother

   Synonyms: mať, mama, mamička, mater

Declension

Derived terms

• materský
• materinský
• matkin

Further reading

• “matka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024