matta

From Japanese 待った (まった, matta).

matta

1. (sumo) The false start of a bout due to mutual misunderstanding.

From Swedish matt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mat‧ta

matta

1. matte (not reflective of light)

   Synonyms: himmeä, kiilloton

• mattamaali
• mattapintainen
• mattaväri

• matat

matta

1. third-person singular past historic of matter

• matât

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

matta

1. digging stick

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: màt‧ta

matta f

1. feminine singular of matto

matta f (plural matte)

1. madwoman; female equivalent of matto
2. (card games) joker

From Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה‎ (mitá, “bed, couch”), English mattress).

• natta (Medieval Latin corruption)

matta f (genitive mattae); first declension

1. A mat made of rushes

First-declension noun.

Borrowings

matta

1. inflection of mattus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

mattā

1. ablative feminine singular of mattus

• “matta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• matta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

• matten

matta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of matte (Etymology 1)

matta f

1. definite singular of matte (Etymology 1)

Inherited from Sanskrit मत्त (mattá). Cognate to Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (matta).

matta

1. past participle of majjati

matta

1. intoxicated
2. exultant

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 560

matta f (plural mattas)

1. Obsolete spelling of mata

• audio (en matta)

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From Old Swedish matta, from Middle Low German matte, from Latin matta, probably from Punic or Phoenician.

matta c

1. a carpet, rug
2. a carpet; fabric used as a floor covering
3. a mat; a flat piece of coarse material for wiping one's feet
4. a mat; a floor pad to protect athletes

• dörrmatta (“doormat”)
• gräsmatta (“lawn”)
• heltäckningsmatta (“carpet floor”)
• korkmatta (“linoleum”)
• linoleummatta (“linoleum”)
• mattläggare (“carpet layer”)
• mattpiska (“carpetbeater”)
• ryamatta (“rya rug”)
• spikmatta (“bed of nails; spike strip”)
• trasmatta (“rag rug”)

matt +‎ -a

matta

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of matt.

matta (present mattar, preterite mattade, supine mattat, imperative matta)

1. to exhaust (somebody)
2. (chess) to checkmate

• utmatta

• matta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• matta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• matat