"matau" meaning in All languages combined

See matau on Wiktionary

Verb [Lithuanian]

IPA: [mɐ²ˈtɒʊˑ]
Rhymes: -ɒʊˑ Head templates: {{head|lt|verb form}} matau
  1. first-person singular present of matyti Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: matyti
    Sense id: en-matau-lt-verb-~BTqWwNJ Categories (other): Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Māori]

IPA: /maˈtau/, [mɐˈtɐʉ]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *mataqu (“fishhook”). Compare Tahitian matau, Hawaiian makau. Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*mataqu|t=fishhook}} Proto-Polynesian *mataqu (“fishhook”), {{cog|ty|matau}} Tahitian matau, {{cog|haw|makau}} Hawaiian makau Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} matau, {{mi-noun}} matau
  1. fishhook
    Sense id: en-matau-mi-noun-Y6hV8x1B Categories (other): Fishing, Tools Disambiguation of Fishing: 86 14 Disambiguation of Tools: 80 20
  2. hookgrass
    Sense id: en-matau-mi-noun-htx6hTJ1 Categories (other): Māori entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Sedges Disambiguation of Māori entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Sedges: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: matau a Māui (english: Carex uncinata), Te Matau-a-Māui (english: Cape Kidnappers, Fishhook of Maui)

Noun [Samoan]

Head templates: {{head|sm|noun}} matau
  1. ax
    Sense id: en-matau-sm-noun-XoU3DlVe Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Samoan entries with incorrect language header, Tools
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧taũ"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧taũ"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "matyti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular present of matyti"
      ],
      "id": "en-matau-lt-verb-~BTqWwNJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "matyti",
          "matyti#Lithuanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐ²ˈtɒʊˑ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒʊˑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matau"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Carex uncinata",
      "translation": "Carex uncinata",
      "word": "matau a Māui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Cape Kidnappers, Fishhook of Maui",
      "translation": "Cape Kidnappers, Fishhook of Maui",
      "word": "Te Matau-a-Māui"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*mataqu",
        "t": "fishhook"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *mataqu (“fishhook”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "matau"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian matau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "makau"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian makau",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *mataqu (“fishhook”). Compare Tahitian matau, Hawaiian makau.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Māori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mi",
          "name": "Fishing",
          "orig": "mi:Fishing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mi",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "mi:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fishhook"
      ],
      "id": "en-matau-mi-noun-Y6hV8x1B",
      "links": [
        [
          "fishhook",
          "fishhook"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Māori entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mi",
          "name": "Sedges",
          "orig": "mi:Sedges",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hookgrass"
      ],
      "id": "en-matau-mi-noun-htx6hTJ1",
      "links": [
        [
          "hookgrass",
          "hookgrass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐˈtɐʉ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matau"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sm",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "sm:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ax"
      ],
      "id": "en-matau-sm-noun-XoU3DlVe",
      "links": [
        [
          "ax",
          "ax"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matau"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧taũ"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧taũ"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lithuanian 2-syllable words",
        "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lithuanian non-lemma forms",
        "Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Lithuanian verb forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Lithuanian/ɒʊˑ",
        "Rhymes:Lithuanian/ɒʊˑ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "matyti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular present of matyti"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "matyti",
          "matyti#Lithuanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐ²ˈtɒʊˑ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒʊˑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matau"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Māori entries with incorrect language header",
    "Māori lemmas",
    "Māori nouns",
    "Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Māori terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "mi:Fishing",
    "mi:Sedges",
    "mi:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Carex uncinata",
      "translation": "Carex uncinata",
      "word": "matau a Māui"
    },
    {
      "english": "Cape Kidnappers, Fishhook of Maui",
      "translation": "Cape Kidnappers, Fishhook of Maui",
      "word": "Te Matau-a-Māui"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*mataqu",
        "t": "fishhook"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *mataqu (“fishhook”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ty",
        "2": "matau"
      },
      "expansion": "Tahitian matau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "makau"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian makau",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *mataqu (“fishhook”). Compare Tahitian matau, Hawaiian makau.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{pl}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "mi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Māori",
  "lang_code": "mi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fishhook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishhook",
          "fishhook"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hookgrass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hookgrass",
          "hookgrass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈtau/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐˈtɐʉ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matau"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "matau",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Samoan lemmas",
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        "sm:Tools"
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      "glosses": [
        "ax"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ax",
          "ax"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "matau"
}

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