maat

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”). Doublet of mate. ==== Noun ==== maat (plural maats) (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Egyptian mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness, justice”). ==== Noun ==== maat (uncountable) (philosophy, historical) The ancient Egyptian concept of justice, order, and harmony. === Anagrams === AAMT == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch maat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɑːt/ === Noun === maat (plural maats or maters, diminutive maatjie) mate, buddy ==== Descendants ==== → English: maat == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maːt/ Hyphenation: maat Rhymes: -aːt === Etymology 1 === From older mate, from Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-West Germanic *mātu, from Proto-Germanic *mētō. ==== Noun ==== maat f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n) measure, size (music) measure, bar (music) rhythm, beat ===== Usage notes ===== The dative form mate persists in fixed expressions such as met mate and in welke mate, although the distinction between this dative and the identical old nominative has become muddled. ===== Alternative forms ===== mate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== meten ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: maat Berbice Creole Dutch: mete Negerhollands: maat, meet, maet → Indonesian: emat → Papiamentu: mat === Etymology 2 === From a borrowing of Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon *gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) + *matjô, from *matiz (“food”). Cognate with Old High German gimazzo, English mate. ==== Noun ==== maat m (plural maten or maats, diminutive maatje n) mate, buddy Synonym: mattie (close) colleague, shipmate etc. low sailor rank (law, business) partner (in a business venture) Synonyms: vennoot, compagnon, partner ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: maat→ English: maat Berbice Creole Dutch: mati Negerhollands: maat, maet Skepi Creole Dutch: matte → Polish: mat → Sranan Tongo: mati (via the diminutive)Aukan: matiNdyuka-Trio Pidgin: mati→ Dutch: mattie→ Kari'na: mati === References === == Finnish == === Noun === maat nominative plural of maa === Anagrams === tama == Mansaka == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)zaqat, compare Malay jahat. === Adjective === maat bad == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== maat alternative form of mat (“checkmate”) ==== Adjective ==== maat alternative form of mat (“checkmate”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== maat alternative form of mat (“tired”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== maat alternative form of maten (“to checkmate”) == Tabasco Nahuatl == === Pronunciation === === Noun === maat water == Volapük == === Noun === maat (genitive maata, plural maats) (nautical) mast ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “maat”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük) == West Frisian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch maat. Cognate with German Maß. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmaːt/ ==== Noun ==== maat c (plural maten, diminutive maatsje) measure, size ===== Further reading ===== “maat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Dutch maat. Cognate with English mate, German Maat. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈmaːt/ ==== Noun ==== maat c (plural maten or maats, diminutive maatsje) mate, buddy, friend ===== Further reading ===== “maat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011