mātā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mata"

Māori

Etymology

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Noun

mātā

1. heap, layer
2. Carex secta

   Synonyms: pūrei, pūreirei, pukio, makura

3. longfin perch, pink maomao

   Synonym: mātātā

Derived terms

• mātātoka (“fossil”)

Further reading

• “mātā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophone: mata
• Hyphenation: mā‧tā

Noun

mātā

1. mother

   Synonyms: babu, bibi, ibu, iduṅ, ina, inaṅ, induṅ, janmayoni, mātā, matuh, rena

Further reading

• "mātā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• माता (Devanagari script)
• মাতা (Bengali script)
• මාතා (Sinhalese script)
• မာတာ or မႃတႃ (Burmese script)
• มาตา (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາຕາ (Lao script)
• មាតា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄂𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

mātā

1. nominative/vocative singular of mātar (“mother”)