"mātu" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See mātu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mētō. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*mētō}} Proto-Germanic *mētō Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *mātu f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-o}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mātu [nominative, singular], mātō [nominative, plural], mātā [accusative, singular], mātā [accusative, plural], mātā [genitive, singular], mātō [genitive, plural], mātē [dative, singular], mātōm [dative, plural], mātum [dative, plural], mātu [instrumental, singular], mātōm [instrumental, plural], mātum [instrumental, plural]
  1. measure Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mātu-gmw-pro-noun-FQFmFoJ5 Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. size Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mātu-gmw-pro-noun-zNy-hG89 Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mātī, mātōn, metan
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "mēte"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: mēte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: mēte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Mäite"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Mäite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Mäite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "mjitte"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: mjitte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: mjitte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*māta"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *māta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *māta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "mâte",
            "3": "mât"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: mâte, mât",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: mâte, mât"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Maat",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Maat n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Maat n"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*māta"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *māta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *māta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "mâte"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: mâte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: mâte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "maat"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: maat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: maat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "maot"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: maot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: maot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "māza"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: māza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: māza"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "māz"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: māz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: māz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Maß"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Maß",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Maß"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Mos"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Mos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Mos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Mooss"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: Mooss",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: Mooss"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מאָס"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: מאָס (mos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: מאָס (mos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mētō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mētō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mētō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-o",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ō-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*mātu f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-o"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mātu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mātī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mātōn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "metan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "measure"
      ],
      "id": "en-mātu-gmw-pro-noun-FQFmFoJ5",
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "size"
      ],
      "id": "en-mātu-gmw-pro-noun-zNy-hG89",
      "links": [
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mātu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic ō-stem nouns"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "mēte"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: mēte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: mēte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Mäite"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Mäite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Mäite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "mjitte"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: mjitte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: mjitte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*māta"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *māta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *māta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "mâte",
            "3": "mât"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: mâte, mât",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: mâte, mât"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Maat",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Maat n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Maat n"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*māta"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *māta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *māta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "mâte"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: mâte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: mâte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "maat"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: maat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: maat"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "li",
            "2": "maot"
          },
          "expansion": "Limburgish: maot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Limburgish: maot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "māza"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: māza",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: māza"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "māz"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: māz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: māz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Maß"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Maß",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Maß"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Mos"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Mos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Mos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Mooss"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: Mooss",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: Mooss"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מאָס"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: מאָס (mos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: מאָס (mos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mētō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mētō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mētō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-o",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ō-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātōm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*mātu f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-o"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mātu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mātī"
    },
    {
      "word": "mātōn"
    },
    {
      "word": "metan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "measure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "size"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mātu"
}

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