# mati
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Compare Cebuano bati (“sensation”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmatiʔ/ [ˈma.tiʔ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧ti

### Noun

matì (Basahan spelling ᜋᜆᜒ)
* sensation
* feeling
    Synonym: buot

#### Derived terms

* himati
* kamatian
* mamatian
* pagmati
* pakamati
* pamati

## Catalan
### Verb

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

## Central Nahuatl
### Verb

mati
* to know; to perceive; to understand

## Classical Nahuatl
### Verb

mati
* to know; to perceive; to understand
* to be knowledgeable

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mati

### Verb

mati
* to know

## Faroese
### Verb

mati
* first-person singular present of mata

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmati/

### Noun

mati
* plural of mato

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay mati, from Proto-Malayic *mati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.
Cognate with Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Fijian mate, Hawaiian make, Ilocano matay, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Maori mate, Palauan mad, Rapa Nui mate, Tagalog matay, Tahitian mate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ti/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i
* Hyphenation: ma‧ti

### Verb

mati (active mati, imperative mati, emphatic-jussive matilah)
* (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to die
* (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to be dead
* (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to stop (of an engine/watch, etc.), to be out of order, to be broken, to be stopped working.
* (intransitive, active voice, imperative) to go out, to be extinguished (of a light/flame/fire/ lamp/radio, etc.).

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

### Adjective

mati (not comparable)
* dead
** no longer living; deceased
    Synonym: meninggal
** devoid of living things; barren
** (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live
** (of a battery) uable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty
** (of a language) no longer used as a native or first language
** (of a wind) static (having no motion)
** (of a place, figuratively) lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people
    Synonym: sepi
* inanimate (not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals)
* (of a spring, well, etc.) does not contain water (anymore); does not have running water (anymore)
* out
** (of a lamp, fire, etc.) in a state of non-operation or non-existence
    Synonym: padam
** (of certain services, devices, or facilities) not available; out of service
* (figuratively) stuck (unable to progress with a task)
    Synonym: buntu

#### Derived terms

* bermati-mati
* bermatian
* bermatikan
* kemati-matian
* kematian
* mati-mati
* mati-matian
* mematikan
* pemati
* pematian
* semati
* semati-mati
* semematikan
* mati akal
* mati andar
* mati angin
* mati ayam
* mati batang otak
* mati bayona
* mati bebang
* mati beragan
* mati beranak
* mati berangai
* mati berdiri
* mati berkalang tanah
* mati bersebab
* mati biologis
* mati bongkong
* mati bujang
* mati dalung
* mati daya
* mati dini
* mati garing
* mati gaya
* mati haid
* mati hati
* mati hukumullah
* mati kaku
* mati katak
* mati kebebangan
* mati kejang
* mati kejat
* mati kekam
* mati kekat
* mati klinis
* mati konyol
* mati kumlah
* mati kutu
* mati lampu
* mati langkah
* mati lelas
* mati lemas
* mati lidah
* mati listrik
* mati mawai
* mati muda
* mati mulik
* mati otak
* mati penasaran
* mati pengap
* mati percuma
* mati pucuk
* mati raga
* mati rasa
* mati samar
* mati seladang
* mati semu
* mati separuh
* mati sesat
* mati sirik
* mati suri
* mati syahid
* mati tegang
* mati terbebang

### Further reading

* “mati” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese

* Javanese register set
* ꦏꦮꦶ (kawi): antaka, antu, bencah, lampus, mokta, mreti, ngemasi, palastra, pantaka, pralaya, praléna, prananta
* ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): séda, surud
* ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): padhem, pejah
* ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko): ajat, jèd, ngajal, kukud, maot, pancal donya
* ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): mati
* ꦏꦱꦂ (kasar): bangka, jèdèng, jekangkang, jideng, jidhèt, mampus, medodong, mojèd, modar, mujur ngalor, pokik

### Adjective

mati
* dead

### Verb

mati
* to die

## Latvian
### Noun

mati m
* nominative/vocative plural of mats

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mati (compare Indonesian mati), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (compare Cebuano matay, Chamorro matai, Fijian mate, Hawaiian make, Ilocano matay, Javanese mati, Kapampangan mate, mete, Malagasy maty, Maori mate, Palauan mad, Rapa Nui mate, Tagalog matay, Tahitian mate), from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mati/
* Rhymes: -ati, -ti, -i

### Adjective

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)
* dead (no longer alive), death, deceased

### Verb

mati (Jawi spelling ماتي)
* to die (to stop living), pass away

#### Synonyms

* kembali ke rahmatullah (euphemism)
* meninggal dunia
* pulang ke rahmatullah (euphemism)

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: mati (inherited)
* → Hokkien: 馬滴 / 马滴 (má-tih)

### Further reading

* “mati” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Naga Pidgin
### Etymology

Derived from Assamese মাতা (mata), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta). Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠣꠔꠣ (mata).

### Verb

mati
* call

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* मति (Devanagari script)
* মতি (Bengali script)
* මති (Sinhalese script)
* မတိ (Burmese script)
* มติ or มะติ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຕິ or ມະຕິ (Lao script)
* មតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मति (mati).

### Noun

mati f
* mind
* opinion, thought

#### Descendants

* → Thai: มติ (má-dtì)
* → Khmer: មតិ (mĕəʼteʼ)

### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 517

## Pipil
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mati. Compare Classical Nahuatl mati (“to know”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmati/

### Verb

-mati
* (transitive) to know
    Tikmati kan kiajkawket ne ajamat? ― Do you know where they left the papers?
* (reflexive) to feel
    Maka shimumatikan ka ankimatit muchi ― Don't feel like you know everything
* (transitive) to believe, to think
    Tejemet tikmatit ka taja timiktuka ― We thought you had died already
* (transitive) to understand
    Ankimatket muchi ini tay antakaktiwit? ― Did you understand all this that you heard?

#### Derived terms

* -machtia (“to teach”)
* mutēkukujmati (“to be offended”)
* tamati (“to guess; to have knowledge”)
* -welmati (“to like (food)”)
* -īshmati (“to know; to recognize”)

## Quechua
### Noun

mati
* the fruit of some kind of gourd
* maté

#### Descendants

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

## Ronga
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

### Noun

mati
* water

### References

* Henri A. Junod, Grammaire ronga (1896, Imprimerie Georges Bridel), page 66

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâti/
* mȁti:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧ti

### Noun

mȁti f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ти)
* mother
    Synonym: mȃjka

#### Derived terms

* materèšina
* materètina
* mȁterice
* mȁteričnī
* mȁterin
* mȁterīnskī
* mȁterīnstvo
* mȁterinjī
* mȁternica
* màtērnjī
* materùsina

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mati, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /màːti/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

máti f
* mother
* (literary, figuratively) the cause or source of something
* (rapturously) Used to stress the importance or dependence on the following noun.
    mati narava ― mother nature
* (in rural areas, obsolete, often with onikanje forms) grandmother

#### Synonyms

See Thesaurus:mati

#### Derived terms

* biti cela mati
* biti sin Slovenske matere
* biti tak, kot ga je mati rodila
* kakršna mati, takšna hči
* krušna mati
* lastna mati ne bi koga prepoznala
* mȃterən
* māterin
* materȋnji
* materȋnski
* materȋnstvo
* mȃternica
* Mati
* mati božja
* mati prednica
* mati Slava
* pisana mati
* previdnost je mati modrosti
* stara mati

### Further reading

* “mati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch maat and/or English mate.

### Noun

mati
* friend, mate, buddy
* (slang, euphemistic) woman in a lesbian relationship

#### Descendants

* Aukan: mati
** Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: mati
* → Dutch: mattie
* → Kari'na: mati

## Tangkhul Naga
### Numeral

mati
* four

## Tsonga
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

### Noun

mati class 6
* water