# tatami
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (tatami).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈtɑːmi/

### Noun

tatami (plural tatamis or tatami)
* Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
** 1964, John Berryman, chapter 31, in 77 Dream Songs, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, page 35:Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts,
** 1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 2:Small tools are spread on the tatami: a razor knife, a sprue cutter, curls of emery paper.
* A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.

#### Derived terms

* tatamied

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Tiamat

## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese 畳 (tatami).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tatami/ [t̪a.t̪a.mi]
* Rhymes: -ami, -i
* Hyphenation: ta‧ta‧mi

### Noun

tatami inan
* tatami
** 2001 December 28, Goienkaria, number 47, page 47:Bigarren solairuan gimnasioa eta tatami gela jarriko dituzte.On the second floor, a gym and a tatami room will be installed.

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Japanese 畳 (tatami).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑtɑmi/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝t̪ɑ̝mi]
* Rhymes: -ɑtɑmi
* Hyphenation: ta‧ta‧mi

### Noun

tatami
* tatami

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tatami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tatamini
tatamini
accusative
nom.
tatamini
tatamini
gen.
tatamini
genitive
tatamini
tatamieni
partitive
tatamiani
tatamejani
inessive
tatamissani
tatameissani
elative
tatamistani
tatameistani
illative
tatamiini
tatameihini
adessive
tatamillani
tatameillani
ablative
tatamiltani
tatameiltani
allative
tatamilleni
tatameilleni
essive
tataminani
tatameinani
translative
tatamikseni
tatameikseni
abessive
tatamittani
tatameittani
instructive
comitative
—tatameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tatamisi
tatamisi
accusative
nom.
tatamisi
tatamisi
gen.
tatamisi
genitive
tatamisi
tatamiesi
partitive
tatamiasi
tatamejasi
inessive
tatamissasi
tatameissasi
elative
tatamistasi
tatameistasi
illative
tatamiisi
tatameihisi
adessive
tatamillasi
tatameillasi
ablative
tatamiltasi
tatameiltasi
allative
tatamillesi
tatameillesi
essive
tataminasi
tatameinasi
translative
tatamiksesi
tatameiksesi
abessive
tatamittasi
tatameittasi
instructive
comitative
—tatameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tatamimme
tatamimme
accusative
nom.
tatamimme
tatamimme
gen.
tatamimme
genitive
tatamimme
tatamiemme
partitive
tatamiamme
tatamejamme
inessive
tatamissamme
tatameissamme
elative
tatamistamme
tatameistamme
illative
tatamiimme
tatameihimme
adessive
tatamillamme
tatameillamme
ablative
tatamiltamme
tatameiltamme
allative
tatamillemme
tatameillemme
essive
tataminamme
tatameinamme
translative
tatamiksemme
tatameiksemme
abessive
tatamittamme
tatameittamme
instructive
comitative
—tatameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tataminne
tataminne
accusative
nom.
tataminne
tataminne
gen.
tataminne
genitive
tataminne
tatamienne
partitive
tatamianne
tatamejanne
inessive
tatamissanne
tatameissanne
elative
tatamistanne
tatameistanne
illative
tatamiinne
tatameihinne
adessive
tatamillanne
tatameillanne
ablative
tatamiltanne
tatameiltanne
allative
tatamillenne
tatameillenne
essive
tataminanne
tatameinanne
translative
tatamiksenne
tatameiksenne
abessive
tatamittanne
tatameittanne
instructive
comitative
—tatameinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tataminsa
tataminsa
accusative
nom.
tataminsa
tataminsa
gen.
tataminsa
genitive
tataminsa
tatamiensa
partitive
tatamiaan tatamiansa
tatamejaan tatamejansa
inessive
tatamissaan tatamissansa
tatameissaan tatameissansa
elative
tatamistaan tatamistansa
tatameistaan tatameistansa
illative
tatamiinsa
tatameihinsa
adessive
tatamillaan tatamillansa
tatameillaan tatameillansa
ablative
tatamiltaan tatamiltansa
tatameiltaan tatameiltansa
allative
tatamilleen tatamillensa
tatameilleen tatameillensa
essive
tataminaan tataminansa
tatameinaan tatameinansa
translative
tatamikseen tatamiksensa
tatameikseen tatameiksensa
abessive
tatamittaan tatamittansa
tatameittaan tatameittansa
instructive
comitative
—tatameineen tatameinensa :

### Further reading

* “tatami”, 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 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Mattia, maitat, maitta, matita, mitata, mittaa

## French
### Noun

tatami m (plural tatamis)
* tatami

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Japanese 畳(たたみ) (tatami, “tatami mat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [taˈtami]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ta‧mi

### Noun

tatami (plural)
* (sports) mattress
    Synonym: matras

### Further reading

* “tatami” 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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

tatami
* Rōmaji transcription of たたみ

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈta.mi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ami
* Syllabification: ta‧ta‧mi

### Noun

tatami m pers
* instrumental plural of tata

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (たたみ (tatami).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈtami/ [t̪aˈt̪a.mi]
* Rhymes: -ami
* Syllabification: ta‧ta‧mi

### Noun

tatami m (plural tatamis)
* tatami

### Further reading

* “tatami”, 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