maty
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See also: máty
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain.
Noun[edit]
maty (plural maties)
- (archaic) A native house servant in India.
- 1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India:
- MATY, in the Madras Presidency, a house servant who cleans up
References[edit]
- “maty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Malagasy[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“die; dead; sick; tired (of)”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay (“die; dead; eclipse of sun or moon”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”).
Participle[edit]
maty
References[edit]
- maty in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maty m animal or m inan
Noun[edit]
maty f
- inflection of mata:
Categories:
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Malagasy terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malagasy terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malagasy terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malagasy terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malagasy non-lemma forms
- Malagasy participles
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/atɨ
- Rhymes:Polish/atɨ/2 syllables
- Polish non-lemma forms
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