maty
See also: máty
English
Etymology 1
Uncertain.
Alternative forms
Noun
maty (plural maties)
- (archaic) A native house servant in India.
- 1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India:
- MATY, in the Madras Presidency, a house servant who cleans up
References
- “maty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “maty”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Etymology 2
Adjective
maty
- Alternative spelling of matey
Derived terms
Anagrams
Malagasy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay (“die; dead; sick; tired (of)”), from Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay (“die; dead; eclipse of sun or moon”), from Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”).
Participle
maty
References
- maty in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.tɘ/
- Rhymes: -atɘ
- Syllabification: ma‧ty
Noun
maty m animal or m inan
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mat
Noun
maty f
- inflection of mata:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural