matou

See also: mátou, màtóu, mātou, mǎtou, mǎtóu, and Matou

Bola

Pronoun

matou

1. second person paucal

See also

Bola personal pronouns

Number	Person		Free	Subject proclitic	Object Suffix	Oblique
Singular	1st		iau	a	free pronoun	nau
	2nd		ioe	o		vomu
	3rd		ia	i	-a	vona
Dual	1st	Exclusive	maria	miri	free pronoun	ne + free pronoun
		Inclusive	tarua	tu
	2nd		marua	muru
	3rd		rua	ru
Paucal	1st	Exclusive	mateu	mete
		Inclusive	teu	te
	2nd		matou	moto
	3rd		tou	to
Plural	1st	Exclusive	mia	mi
		Inclusive	hita	si
	2nd		mua	mu
	3rd		ria	ri

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatou̯]

Verb

matou

1. third-person plural present of mást

French

Etymology

Perhaps from the Germanic personal name Marcou, Markolf (see Marcoux), or from a derivation of maître (“master”), or possibly imitative and akin to Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tu/

  • Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Rhymes: -u
• Homophone: matous

Noun

matou m (plural matous)

1. tom (male cat)

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: matou

Further reading

• “matou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

matou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar

Japanese

Romanization

matou

1. Rōmaji transcription of まとう

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French matou (“tom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

matou

1. (a) tom (male cat)

   Hypernyms: minou, sha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Verb

matou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of matar

Rapa Nui

Pronoun

matou

1. First person plural exclusive

   we (we, but not you)

See also

Rapa Nui personal pronouns

independent	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person	koe	kōrua
3rd person	ia	rāua