# mato
## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French marteau.

### Noun

mato
* hammer

## Asturian
### Verb

mato
* first-person singular present indicative of matar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈma.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.to]

### Verb

mato
* first-person singular present indicative of matar

## Cubeo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bãˈto/

### Noun

mato
* cassava dough (resulted from grating and washing the cassava).

### See also

* ẽtaro
* ẽtarʉ
* pedico
* jajʉóba
* jajʉórʉ
* pediba
* pedicũ
* tuaro
* caroyʉ
* tuyʉ

### References

* N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "mato", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
* N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From German Matte, Italian matta, English mat, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Additional cognates include French natte, Norwegian Bokmål matte, Swedish matta, Finnish matto, Portuguese and Spanish mata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmato]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: ma‧to

### Noun

mato (accusative singular maton, plural matoj, accusative plural matojn)
* mat

#### Derived terms

* musmato (“mousepad”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato, probably an old loan from an Indo-Iranian language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: ma‧to

### Noun

mato
* worm (animal)
* (colloquial) maggot (soft, legless larva)
* (colloquial) maggot (worthless person)
* (informal) tilde
    Synonym: aaltoviiva
* (computing) worm (a type of malware that spreads between computers autonomously, i.e. without user intervention)
* (dialectal) Synonym of käärme (“snake”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
matoni
matoni
accusative
nom.
matoni
matoni
gen.
matoni
genitive
matoni
matojeni
partitive
matoani
matojani
inessive
madossani
madoissani
elative
madostani
madoistani
illative
matooni
matoihini
adessive
madollani
madoillani
ablative
madoltani
madoiltani
allative
madolleni
madoilleni
essive
matonani
matoinani
translative
madokseni
madoikseni
abessive
madottani
madoittani
instructive
comitative
—matoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
matosi
matosi
accusative
nom.
matosi
matosi
gen.
matosi
genitive
matosi
matojesi
partitive
matoasi
matojasi
inessive
madossasi
madoissasi
elative
madostasi
madoistasi
illative
matoosi
matoihisi
adessive
madollasi
madoillasi
ablative
madoltasi
madoiltasi
allative
madollesi
madoillesi
essive
matonasi
matoinasi
translative
madoksesi
madoiksesi
abessive
madottasi
madoittasi
instructive
comitative
—matoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
matomme
matomme
accusative
nom.
matomme
matomme
gen.
matomme
genitive
matomme
matojemme
partitive
matoamme
matojamme
inessive
madossamme
madoissamme
elative
madostamme
madoistamme
illative
matoomme
matoihimme
adessive
madollamme
madoillamme
ablative
madoltamme
madoiltamme
allative
madollemme
madoillemme
essive
matonamme
matoinamme
translative
madoksemme
madoiksemme
abessive
madottamme
madoittamme
instructive
comitative
—matoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
matonne
matonne
accusative
nom.
matonne
matonne
gen.
matonne
genitive
matonne
matojenne
partitive
matoanne
matojanne
inessive
madossanne
madoissanne
elative
madostanne
madoistanne
illative
matoonne
matoihinne
adessive
madollanne
madoillanne
ablative
madoltanne
madoiltanne
allative
madollenne
madoillenne
essive
matonanne
matoinanne
translative
madoksenne
madoiksenne
abessive
madottanne
madoittanne
instructive
comitative
—matoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
matonsa
matonsa
accusative
nom.
matonsa
matonsa
gen.
matonsa
genitive
matonsa
matojensa
partitive
matoaan matoansa
matojaan matojansa
inessive
madossaan madossansa
madoissaan madoissansa
elative
madostaan madostansa
madoistaan madoistansa
illative
matoonsa
matoihinsa
adessive
madollaan madollansa
madoillaan madoillansa
ablative
madoltaan madoltansa
madoiltaan madoiltansa
allative
madolleen madollensa
madoilleen madoillensa
essive
matonaan matonansa
matoinaan matoinansa
translative
madokseen madoksensa
madoikseen madoiksensa
abessive
madottaan madottansa
madoittaan madoittansa
instructive
comitative
—matoineen matoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* madottaa
* matoinen
* matomainen
* matonen
* aivomato
* halkiomato
* harvasukasmato
* heisimato
* hietamato
* ihomato
* iilimato
* imumato
* jauhomato
* jouhimato
* juurimato
* kaalimato
* kastemato
* keuhkomato
* kielimato
* kihomato
* kiiltomato
* korvamato
* koukkumato
* kunttamato
* laakamato
* laiskamato
* laivamato
* lapamato
* lehtimato
* likomato
* limamato
* loismato
* madonhäätö
* madonkantaja
* madonlakki
* madonluku
* madonreikä
* madonsyömä
* makkaramato
* maksamato
* matoastia
* matokomposti
* matokompostori
* matokuuri
* matokäärme
* matolaatikko
* matolääke
* Matomäki
* mato-onki
* matopeli
* matosyötti
* matoterapia
* mittarimato
* monisukasmato
* nauhamato
* nivelmato
* nuolimato
* okakärsämato
* okapäämato
* omenamato
* onkimato
* piiskamato
* pikkuaivomato
* putkimato
* rakkomato
* ruiskumato
* ruumiinmato
* silkkiäismato
* sisälmysmato
* sukkulamato
* suolimato
* suolistomato
* syöttimato
* tiehytmato
* tulimato
* tähtimato
* vattumato
* väkäkärsämato
* väkämato
* värysmato
* änkyrimato

#### Related terms

* madella
* mataa
* matelija

### References

* ↑ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “mato”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

### Further reading

* “mato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Anagrams

* moat, omat

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmato̝/

### Etymology 1

From a substrate language. Compare Portuguese mato and Spanish mata.

#### Noun

mato m (plural matos)
* uncultivated land; woodland; heath
* brushwood

##### Derived terms

* Matelo
* Mato
* Mato Grande
* matogueira
* Matomaior

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mato
* first-person singular present indicative of matar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mato”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English mat, German Matte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmato/
* Rhymes: -ato

### Noun

mato (plural mati)
* mat, matting (of straw or other materials)

### See also

* tapiso

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato (“worm”). Cognates include Finnish mato (“worm”) and Estonian madu (“snake”).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑto̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑd̥o̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: ma‧to

### Noun

mato
* snake
    jaadukas mato ― venomous snake
* (in compounds) worm

#### Synonyms

* (snake): maahiin, (obsolete) käärme
* (worm): matokkain

#### Derived terms

* jaadumato
* jaanimato
* jouhimato
* kirjava mato
* maokas
* maonkotain
* matokkain
* sittamato
* tanvasmato
* tulimato
* vaskimato
* verimato
* värttänämato
* öömato

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 9

## Japanese
### Romanization

mato
* Rōmaji transcription of まと

## Karelian

Regional variants of mato :
| North Karelian (Viena) | mato |
| South Karelian (Tver) | mado |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato. Cognates include Finnish mato and Veps mado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑto/
* Hyphenation: ma‧to

### Noun

mato (genitive mavon, partitive matuo)
* (North Karelian) worm
* (North Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of kiärmis (“snake”)

#### Declension
### References

* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “mato”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

## Lakota
### Alternative forms

* matȟó

### Noun

mato
* bear (animal)

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaːtɔ]

### Verb

mãto
* third-person singular/plural present of matyti (“to see”)

### Noun

mãto
* genitive singular of mãtas (“measure”)

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mato
* eye (organ)

#### Derived terms

* mato aia
* matoari
* mato kaki
* mato-mato
* mato-matoi

### References

* Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary]‎ (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985, page 191

## Nupe
### Etymology

* Borrowed from Hausa mota, ultimately from English motor, motorcar'
* Compare with Yoruba mọ́tò

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mã́.tò/

### Noun

mátò (plural mátòzhì)
* car
    Mátò na wáncí na à nì kíǹ. ― The big car will have an accident.

#### Derived terms

* mátòpá (“driving”)
* mátòpáci (“driver”)
* pá mátò (“to drive (a car)”)

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* matu

### Verb

mato
* third-person plural present indicative of masu

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* मतो (Devanagari script)
* মতো (Bengali script)
* මතො (Sinhalese script)
* မတော or မတေႃ (Burmese script)
* มโต or มะโต (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ມໂຕ or ມະໂຕ (Lao script)
* មតោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

mato
* masculine nominative singular of mata (“dead; thought”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.tu/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: ma‧to

### Etymology 1

From mata.

#### Noun

mato m (plural matos)
* (usually uncountable) forest; bush; jungle; woods (uncultivated area covered in wild plants)
    Synonym: (more formal) mata
* (usually uncountable) wild grass, weeds and other low-lying plants
    Synonym: capim

##### Derived terms

* bicho do mato
* matinho

##### Descendants

* → Saramaccan: mátu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mato
* first-person singular present indicative of matar

### Further reading

* “mato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “mato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Sango
### Noun

mato (plural âmato)
* proverb, adage

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmato/ [ˈma.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: ma‧to

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mato m (plural matos)
* bushes

### Etymology 2

From Latin macto

#### Verb

mato
* first-person singular present indicative of matar

### Further reading

* “mato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology 1

Compare Italian matto

#### Adjective

mato (feminine singular mata, masculine plural mati, feminine plural mate)
* crazy, mad
* fake, abnormal

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese mato.

#### Noun

mato m (plural mati)
* (Brazil) wild grass, weeds and other low-lying plants

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mato (“worm”). Cognates include Finnish mato (“worm”) and Estonian madu (“snake”).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈmɑto/, [ˈmɑto]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: ma‧to

### Noun

mato
* snake

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## West Makian
### Etymology

Possibly from East Makian matuo (“old (of people)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.t̪o/

### Verb

mato
* (stative) to be old (of people)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics