maty
See also: máty
English
editEtymology
editUncertain.
Noun
editmaty (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
edit- “maty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editMalagasy
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editmaty
References
edit- maty in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmaty m animal or m inan
Noun
editmaty f
- inflection of mata:
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