matan

See also: matán, mâțan, and mätän

Aighon

Noun

matan

1. eye

References

• Sara Van Cott et al., A Sociolinguistic Survey of Bebeli (2013), SIL Journal of Language Survey Reports

Asturian

Verb

matan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of matar

Finnish

Adjective

matan

1. genitive singular of matta

Anagrams

• manat

Galician

Verb

matan

1. third-person plural present indicative of matar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.d̪ən/
  • (Blasse) [ˈma.d̪an]
  • (Griffith) [ˈma.d̪ən]

Noun

matan f

1. morning
2. matins

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	matanL	matainL	maitneaH
vocative	matanL	matainL	maitneaH
accusative	matainN	matainL	maitneaH
genitive	maitneH	matanL	matanN
dative	matainL	maitneaib	maitneaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• matindae

Descendants

• Irish: maidin
• Manx: maddin, madjin
• Scottish Gaelic: madainn

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈma.tan]

Noun

matan m inan

1. (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/ [ˈma.t̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: ma‧tan

Verb

matan

1. third-person plural present indicative of matar

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata.

Noun

matan

1. eye

Volapük

Etymology

From mat +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈtan]

Noun

matan (genitive matana, plural matans)

1. spouse (husband or wife), consort
2. married (one) (acting semantically as the English adjective, though literally: "married person")

Declension

Declension of matan

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	matan	matans
Genitive	matana	matanas
Dative	matane	matanes
Accusative	matani	matanis
Predicative1	matanu	matanus
Vocative	o matan	o matans

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hyponyms

• himatan (“husband”)
• jimatan (“wife”)

Derived terms

• matanapär (“husband and wife, married couple”)
• matanik (“spousal”)

Related terms

• mat (“marriage, wedlock”)
• matikön (“get married”) vi
• matön (“be married”) vi
• matükön (“marry”) vt

Yámana

Noun

matan

1. three