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Estonian

Noun

maata

  1. abessive singular of maa

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *magat'ak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtɑˣ/, [ˈmɑ̝ːt̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): maa‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): maa‧ta

Verb

maata

  1. (intransitive) to be lying (in a lying or horizontal position) [with inessive or adessive ‘in/on’]
    Makasin sohvalla ja katselin televisiota, kun vaimo tuli kotiin. / Makasin sohvalla katselemassa televisiota, kun vaimo tuli kotiin.
    I was lying on the couch (and) watching television when my wife came home.
  2. (intransitive) to lie down, lie [with illative or allative ‘in/on’]
    Synonym: mennä makuulle
  3. (intransitive) to lie unused
  4. (intransitive, reciprocal) to lie, have sex [with kanssa ‘with’]
    maata väkisinto rape
  5. (transitive, archaic, biblical, law, of a male) to lay, to have sex with, to have one's way with
  6. (dialectal) synonym of nukkua (to sleep)
Conjugation
More information indicative mood, present tense ...
Derived terms

Adverb

maata (dialectal)

  1. synonym of maate

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ːt̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): maa‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): maa‧ta

Noun

maata

  1. partitive singular of maa
    Maata näkyvissä!Land ahoy!

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtɑˣ/, [ˈmɑ̝ːt̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): maa‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): maa‧ta

Verb

maata

  1. inflection of maattaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

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Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *magat'ak. Cognates include Finnish maata and Estonian magada.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɑtɑ/, [ˈmɑ.ɑˑt]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.ɑtɑ/, [ˈmɑ.ɑˑd̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑ.ɑt, -ɑ.ɑtɑ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧a‧ta

Verb

maata

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:
      Makkaa aina yksintää, siis et noise läsimää.
      Always sleep alone, so you don't get ill.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Karhu makajaa. Hanhi lentää.
      The bear sleeps. The goose flies.
  2. (intransitive) to lie down, lie
    • 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Oute Loan kylästä, “1140. Soikkola, Tarinaisi, III2”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:
      Etsi maata maataksee // Lehtoa levätäksee
      She searched for land to lie down // For woods to take a break
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (type 16/maata, k- gradation, gemination), Indikativa ...
Synonyms
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

maata

  1. partitive singular of maa
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 72:
      Kolhozaal ono paljo maata.
      The kolkhoz has a lot of ground.

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “маккама”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 300
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 73
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Kankanaey

Etymology

From ma- + ata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈʔata/ [mʌˈʔaː.tʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: ma‧a‧ta

Adjective

maáta

  1. green, greenish
  2. raw (not mature, not dry, uncooked)

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “áta”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 41
  • Allen, Larry (2021), “áta”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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Sambali

Adjective

maatà

  1. unripe; raw

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