# mate
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meɪt/
** (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA: [meɪt]
*** Audio (US):(file)
** (Standard Southern British) IPA: [mɛjt]
** (Canada, Scotland) IPA: [meːt]
** (General Australian) IPA: [mæɪt]
*** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪt

### Etymology 1

From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat.

#### Noun

mate (plural mates)
* A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
    Synonyms: fellow, (poetic, archaic) fere
** 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 152:A "mate" was a "mate" - share and share alike, no matter how bad might be the times, or how long a spell of ill luck had attended them.
* (especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
** 2015 April 16, Richard P. Grant, “Sex and the successful fundraiser”, in The Guardian‎:Such overt displays of avowed sexual prowess – or at least, desperate availability – are not limited to the countryside. Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate.
* (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.
    Synonyms: friend, buddy; see also Thesaurus:friend
    I'm going to the pub with a few mates.
    He's my best mate.
* (colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
    Synonym: buddy
    Excuse me, mate, have you got the time?
* (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
* (nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
* (nautical) A first mate.
* A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate, plumber's mate); sometimes an apprentice.
* The other member of a matched pair of objects.
    I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate.
* A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.

##### Usage notes

* In British English and Irish English, "mate" typically carries more masculine connotations than in Australian English and New Zealand English, in which the word is used as a unisex term.

##### Derived terms

* aerographer's mate
* amate
* bandmate
* batchmate
* battery mate
* bedmate
* Billy no mates
* birthmate
* blockmate
* boat mate
* boatswain's mate
* bookmate
* boothmate
* breakfast-mate
* brinkmate
* bunkermate
* bunkmate
* cagemate
* campmate
* carmate
* cavemate
* cellmate
* chairmate
* chambermate
* chatmate
* chief mate
* choirmate
* churchmate
* clan mate
* classmate
* Claymate
* clonemate
* clutchmate
* copemate
* copesmate
* coursemate
* cradlemate
* crashmate
* crèchemate
* crewmate
* cribmate
* cubemate
* draftmate
* dreammate
* farm-mate
* first mate
* flatmate
* fleetmate
* floormate
* fuckmate
* gangmate
* gaolmate
* guildmate
* hallmate
* housemate
* inmate
* intermate
* jailmate
* jobmate
* Johnny no mates
* kennelmate
* labmate
* library mate
* linemate
* littermate
* loftmate
* lovemate
* lunchmate
* mateable
* matehood
* mateless
* mateship
* matess
* matey
* messmate
* mismate
* nestmate
* Nigel no mates
* nonmate
* Norman no mates
* office mate
* old mate
* outmate
* pewmate
* plane-mate
* platoonmate
* playmate
* premate
* prisonmate
* raftmate
* reflexmate
* remate
* roommate
* roostmate
* ropemate
* rowmate
* running mate
* schoolmate
* seatmate
* selfmate
* sharemate
* sheltermate
* shiftmate
* shipmate
* sitemate
* skainsmate
* soulmate
* squadmate
* squadronmate
* stablemate
* stalemate
* steersmate
* studiomate
* suitemate
* taskmate
* teammate
* tentmate
* threatmate
* tombmate
* tourmate
* townmate
* train-mate
* trencher mate
* tribemate
* tripmate
* undermate
* unmate
* wardmate
* warmate
* watchmate
* wingmate
* wombmate
* workmate
* yokemate

##### Translations

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#### Verb

mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)
* (intransitive) To match, fit together without space between.
    Synonyms: match, couple, pair
    The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
* (intransitive) To copulate.
    Synonyms: couple; see also Thesaurus:copulate
* (intransitive) To pair in order to raise offspring.
* (transitive) To arrange in matched pairs.
* (transitive) To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
* (transitive, of an animal) To copulate with.
* (transitive) To marry; to match (a person).
** 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:If she be mated with an equal husband.
* (transitive, obsolete) To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
** 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Death”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.
** 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:I, […] in the way of loyalty and truth, […] / Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.
* (transitive) To fit (objects) together without space between.
* (intransitive) To come together as companions, comrades, partners, etc.
** 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 152:Indeed, some cases of devotion that were met with were quite touching; and very often to all appearances the pairs were not always mated from the same class of society.
* (transitive, aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
    Antonym: demate

##### Derived terms

* mating

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2

From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).

#### Noun

mate (plural mates)
* (chess) Clipping of checkmate.

##### Derived terms

* Arabian mate
* back-rank mate
* Blind Swine Mate
* Boden's mate
* check and mate
* Cozio's mate
* David and Goliath mate
* epaulet mate
* epaulette mate
* fool's mate
* ladder mate
* scholar's mate
* school mate
* smothered mate
* smother mate
* soul mate
* suffocation mate

##### Translations
#### Verb

mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)
* (chess) Clipping of checkmate.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Middle English maten (“to overpower”), from Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of unclear origin.

#### Verb

mate (third-person singular simple present mates, present participle mating, simple past and past participle mated)
* (obsolete) To confuse; to confound.
** c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:I think you are all mated, or stark mad.

### Etymology 4

See maté.

#### Noun

mate (plural mates)
* Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
* The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea

### Anagrams

* AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Team, Tema, meat, meta, meta-, tame, team

## Asturian
### Verb

mate
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of matar

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmate/ [ˈma.t̪e]
* Hyphenation: ma‧te

### Noun

mate (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)
* (chess) a checkmate

### Verb

mate (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)
* (chess) to checkmate; to put the king of an opponent into checkmate

### Interjection

mate (Badlit spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)
* (chess) checkmate

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mate.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatɛ]

### Verb

mate
* third-person singular present of mást

## Dutch
### Pronunciation 1

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧te

#### Noun

mate f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)
* Archaic form of maat (“measure”).

#### Noun

mate
* (archaic) dative singular of maat
    In welke mate voel je je verantwoordelijk voor het ongeluk? ― To what degree do you feel responsible for the accident?

##### Usage notes

* The usage of mate in modern Dutch likely mostly reflects a survival of its dative case form. The old nominative mate is more rare, although in a number of collocations such as de mate waarin ("the degree to which") it is still encountered, and with the simplification of the case system the old distinction between the nominative and old dative has become muddled.

#### Verb

mate
* (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of meten

### Pronunciation 2

* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

mate m (uncountable)
* Alternative spelling of maté

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mate, from Proto-Oceanic *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

### Adjective

mate
* dead (no longer alive)

### Noun

mate
* death

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mat/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

mate
* feminine singular of mat

### Verb

mate
* inflection of mater:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* méat

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmate/ [ˈma.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ate
* Hyphenation: ma‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mat, mate.

#### Adjective

mate m or f (plural mates)
* matte (not reflective of light)

### Etymology 2

From xaque mate (“checkmate”), from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] dead”).

#### Noun

mate m (plural mates)
* (chess) mate, checkmate
    Synonym: xaque mate

##### Derived terms

* mate do louco
* mate do pastor

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua mati.

#### Noun

mate m (plural mates)
* maté (the drink prepared from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis)
* Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté
    Synonym: herba mate

##### Derived terms

* herba mate

### Etymology 4

From matar (“kill”).

#### Noun

mate m (plural mates)
* (basketball) dunk (the act of dunking, particularly in basketball)

#### Verb

mate
* inflection of matar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Gothic
### Romanization

matē
* Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌴

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.te/
* Rhymes: -ate
* Hyphenation: mà‧te

### Etymology 1

From Latin māter, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

#### Noun

mate m (plural mati)
* (obsolete) mother
    Synonym: madre

#### See also

* pate

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati (“gourd”).

#### Alternative forms

* matè (influenced from French maté)

#### Noun

mate m (invariable)
* yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
* maté (beverage)

### Further reading

* mate$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* mate$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Meta, meta, meta-, metà, team, tema

## Japanese
### Romanization

mate
* Rōmaji transcription of まて

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“die; dead; sick; tired (of)”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay (“die; dead; eclipse of sun or moon”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”). Compare Ilocano matay, Tagalog matay, Bikol Central matay, Cebuano matay, Maranao matay, and Malay mati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈte/ [məˈtɛ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧te

### Adjective

mate
* dead

### Verb

mate
* to die

#### Derived terms

* kamatayan

## Laboya
### Verb

mate
* to die

#### Derived terms

* haʼmate (“to kill”)

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “mate”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 66

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* (locative singular) IPA: /mɐˈtɛ/, [mɐˈtʲɛ]
* (vocative singular) IPA: /ˈmɐːtɛ/, [ˈmɐːtʲɛ]

### Noun

matè
* locative singular of mãtas (“measure”)

### Noun

mãte
* vocative singular of mãtas (“measure”)

## Luba-Kasai
### Noun

mate
* saliva

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate, from Proto-Oceanic *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

### Noun

mate
* death
* sickness, illness, disease
* misfortune, calamity, defect
* desire, need, want

#### Derived terms

* hari mate
* hanga mate
* kawe mate
* mate hinengaro
* mate hirinaki
* mate huka
* mate hukapuri
* mate hukihuki
* mate kai
* mate koroputaputa
* mate manawa
* mate Pākehā
* mate rino
* mate roro
* mate tākihi
* mate tāne
* mate taurekareka
* mate urutā
* mate wahine
* mate wai

### Verb

mate
* (stative) to be dead, deceased, killed
* (stative) to be sick, ill, unwell, diseased
* (stative) to be defeated, conquered, beaten, overcome
* (stative) to be in want of, deeply in love

### Further reading

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

## Mapudungun
### Noun

mate (Raguileo spelling)
* The drink maté, prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis).

#### See also

* matetun

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German mate, from Old Saxon gimato, from Proto-West Germanic *gamatjō. Doublet of mette.

#### Alternative forms

* mat, mayte

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːt(ə)/

#### Noun

mate (plural mates)
* mate (companion, comrade)
* mate (shipmate)
* (rare) person, human

##### Descendants

* English: mate
* Scots: mate

##### References

* “māte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

mate
* Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

#### Noun

mate
* Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

#### Adjective

mate
* Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

mate
* Alternative form of mat (“tired”)
* inflection of mat:
** weak singular
** strong/weak plural

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

mate
* Alternative form of maten (“to checkmate”)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

mate
* Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From mat.

### Verb

mate (imperative mat, present tense mater, passive mates, simple past and past participle mata or matet, present participle matende)
* to feed

#### Synonyms

* fôre (about animals)

#### Related terms

* mat (noun)

### References

* “mate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* मते (Devanagari script)
* মতে (Bengali script)
* මතෙ (Sinhalese script)
* မတေ (Burmese script)
* มเต or มะเต (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ມເຕ or ມະເຕ (Lao script)
* មតេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

mate
* inflection of mata (“dead; thought”):
** masculine/neuter locative singular
** masculine accusative plural
** feminine vocative singular

### Noun

mate
* locative singular of mata (“opinion”)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.tɛ/
* Rhymes: -atɛ
* Syllabification: ma‧te
* Homophone: matę

### Noun

mate f (indeclinable)
* maté, yerba mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté)
    Synonym: yerba mate
* maté, yerba mate (beverage maté)
    Synonym: yerba mate

### Further reading

* mate in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
* Hyphenation: ma‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

#### Noun

mate m (uncountable)
* (South Brazil) maté (Ilex paraguariensis) (a shrub native to southern South America)
    Synonyms: erva mate, erva
* (South Brazil) maté (a beverage prepared from the leaves of this plant)
    Synonym: chimarrão

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mate
* inflection of matar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate, from Proto-Oceanic *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

### Adjective

mate
* dead (no longer alive)

### Verb

mate
* to die

## Romanian
### Etymology

Clipping of matematică.

### Noun

mate f (uncountable)
* (colloquial) maths

## Shona
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.

### Noun

maté class 6
* saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmate/ [ˈma.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ate
* Syllabification: ma‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mat, mate.

#### Adjective

mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)
* matte (not reflective of light)

### Etymology 2

From jaque mate (“checkmate”), from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] dead”).

#### Noun

mate m (plural mates)
* (chess) mate, checkmate
    Synonym: jaque mate
* (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a hand gesture
    Synonym: ademán
    Siempre me dan gracia sus mates. ― I always find his hand gestures funny.
* (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a feint; something feigned; a simulation
* (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a gesture that hints something

##### Derived terms

* mate de la coz
* mate del loco
* mate del pastor

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Quechua mati.

#### Noun

mate m (plural mates)
* maté (the drink prepared from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis))
* a hollow gourd or cup in which maté is traditionally served
    Synonym: porongo
* Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté
    Synonyms: yerba mate, hierba mate
* (colloquial, Cono Sur) head (top part of the body)
    Synonym: cabeza

##### Derived terms

* mate de costa
* matear
* mateína
* yerba mate, hierba mate

##### Descendants

* → English: maté, mate
* → French: maté
* → Portuguese: mate
* ⇒ Arabic: مَتَّة (matta)

### Etymology 4

Possibly from mate in the sense of "dull" or "not reflective of light."

#### Adjective

mate m or f (masculine and feminine plural mates)
* (South America) tan, tanned (skin colour)
    Synonyms: bronceado, tostado

### Etymology 5

Clipping of matemática.

#### Noun

mate f (plural mates)
* (colloquial) math / maths
    Synonym: mates

### Etymology 6

Deverbal of matar (“kill”).

#### Noun

mate m (plural mates)
* (basketball) dunk, slam dunk (the act of dunking: put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power)
    Synonyms: clavada, volcada, retacada, hundida, donqueo

#### Verb

mate
* inflection of matar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mate”, 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
* “mate”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màtáì.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

mate class VI (plural only)
* saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from jaque mate (“checkmate”), from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] dead”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmate/ [ˈmaː.t̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ate
* Syllabification: ma‧te

### Noun

mate (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒ) (chess)
* checkmate

#### See also

* hake

### Further reading

* “mate”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate, from Proto-Oceanic *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

### Adjective

mate
* dead (no longer alive)

### Verb

mate
* to die

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

### Adjective

mate
* dead (no longer alive)

### Noun

mate
* death

### Verb

mate
* to die

### Further reading

* Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈma.te]
* Hyphenation: ma‧te

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mate. Cognates include Hawaiian make and Samoan mate.

#### Verb

mate (plural mamate)
* (intransitive) to die
* (stative) to be paralysed
* (intransitive, of fire) to go out
* (intransitive, of players) to go out
* (intransitive, of engines) to stop

##### Usage notes

* In the sense "to die", mate is normaly used to refer to plants and animals.
* When used to refer to a human, mate may be perceived as either disrespectful or humorous.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mate. Cognates include Tongan mate and Samoan mate.

#### Noun

mate
* guess

#### Verb

mate
* (transitive) to guess

##### Derived terms

* matea

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

mate
* (to a male) sororal nephew

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 229

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.te/

### Noun

mate
* death
* the dead

### Adjective

mate
* dead

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian *aCay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mate/

### Verb

mate
* to die

### Further reading

* Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)