mataa
See also: mätää
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *matadak. Cognate to Salaca Livonian matt (“to creep”) and possibly to Erzya мадемс (madems, “to lie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑtɑːˣ/, [ˈmɑt̪ɑː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑtɑː
- Syllabification(key): ma‧taa
Verb
mataa
- to creep, worm
- to move very slowly (e.g. in a traffic jam)
Conjugation
| Inflection of mataa (Kotus type 56*F/kaivaa, t-d gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | madan | en mada | 1st sing. | olen matanut | en ole matanut | |
| 2nd sing. | madat | et mada | 2nd sing. | olet matanut | et ole matanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mataa | ei mada | 3rd sing. | on matanut | ei ole matanut | |
| 1st plur. | madamme | emme mada | 1st plur. | olemme mataneet | emme ole mataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | madatte | ette mada | 2nd plur. | olette mataneet | ette ole mataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | matavat | eivät mada | 3rd plur. | ovat mataneet | eivät ole mataneet | |
| passive | madetaan | ei madeta | passive | on madettu | ei ole madettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | madoin | en matanut | 1st sing. | olin matanut | en ollut matanut | |
| 2nd sing. | madoit | et matanut | 2nd sing. | olit matanut | et ollut matanut | |
| 3rd sing. | matoi | ei matanut | 3rd sing. | oli matanut | ei ollut matanut | |
| 1st plur. | madoimme | emme mataneet | 1st plur. | olimme mataneet | emme olleet mataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | madoitte | ette mataneet | 2nd plur. | olitte mataneet | ette olleet mataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | matoivat | eivät mataneet | 3rd plur. | olivat mataneet | eivät olleet mataneet | |
| passive | madettiin | ei madettu | passive | oli madettu | ei ollut madettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | mataisin | en mataisi | 1st sing. | olisin matanut | en olisi matanut | |
| 2nd sing. | mataisit | et mataisi | 2nd sing. | olisit matanut | et olisi matanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mataisi | ei mataisi | 3rd sing. | olisi matanut | ei olisi matanut | |
| 1st plur. | mataisimme | emme mataisi | 1st plur. | olisimme mataneet | emme olisi mataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mataisitte | ette mataisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte mataneet | ette olisi mataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mataisivat | eivät mataisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat mataneet | eivät olisi mataneet | |
| passive | madettaisiin | ei madettaisi | passive | olisi madettu | ei olisi madettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | mada | älä mada | 2nd sing. | ole matanut | älä ole matanut | |
| 3rd sing. | matakoon | älköön matako | 3rd sing. | olkoon matanut | älköön olko matanut | |
| 1st plur. | matakaamme | älkäämme matako | 1st plur. | olkaamme mataneet | älkäämme olko mataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | matakaa | älkää matako | 2nd plur. | olkaa mataneet | älkää olko mataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | matakoot | älkööt matako | 3rd plur. | olkoot mataneet | älkööt olko mataneet | |
| passive | madettakoon | älköön madettako | passive | olkoon madettu | älköön olko madettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | matanen | en matane | 1st sing. | lienen matanut | en liene matanut | |
| 2nd sing. | matanet | et matane | 2nd sing. | lienet matanut | et liene matanut | |
| 3rd sing. | matanee | ei matane | 3rd sing. | lienee matanut | ei liene matanut | |
| 1st plur. | matanemme | emme matane | 1st plur. | lienemme mataneet | emme liene mataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | matanette | ette matane | 2nd plur. | lienette mataneet | ette liene mataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | matanevat | eivät matane | 3rd plur. | lienevät mataneet | eivät liene mataneet | |
| passive | madettaneen | ei madettane | passive | lienee madettu | ei liene madettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | mataa | present | matava | madettava | ||
| long 1st2 | mataakseen | past | matanut | madettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | mataessa | madettaessa | agent1, 3 | matama | |
| instructive | mataen | — | negative | matamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | matamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | matamasta | — | ||||
| illative | matamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | matamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | matamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | mataman | madettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | mataminen | ||||
| partitive | matamista | |||||
| 5th2 | matamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- madella
Related terms
- (possibly) mato (“worm”)
- (possibly) made (“burbot”)
- (possibly) matala (“low, shallow”)
References
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Anagrams
- Maata, maata
Oromo
Noun
mataa
- head
Teop
Adjective
mataa
- good
References
- Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar