mataa

See also: mätää

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matadak. Cognate to Salaca Livonian matt (“to creep”) and possibly to Erzya мадемс (maďems, “to lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑːˣ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧taa

Verb

mataa

1. to creep, worm, crawl (move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground)
2. (figuratively) to move very slowly, crawl (e.g. in a traffic jam)

Conjugation

Inflection of mataa (Kotus type 56*F/kaivaa, t-d gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		madan	en mada	1st sing.	olen matanut	en ole matanut
2nd sing.		madat	et mada	2nd sing.	olet matanut	et ole matanut
3rd sing.		mataa	ei mada	3rd sing.	on matanut	ei ole matanut
1st plur.		madamme	emme mada	1st plur.	olemme mataneet	emme ole mataneet
2nd plur.		madatte	ette mada	2nd plur.	olette mataneet	ette ole mataneet
3rd plur.		matavat	eivät mada	3rd plur.	ovat mataneet	eivät ole mataneet
passive		madetaan	ei madeta	passive	on madettu	ei ole madettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		madoin	en matanut	1st sing.	olin matanut	en ollut matanut
2nd sing.		madoit	et matanut	2nd sing.	olit matanut	et ollut matanut
3rd sing.		matoi	ei matanut	3rd sing.	oli matanut	ei ollut matanut
1st plur.		madoimme	emme mataneet	1st plur.	olimme mataneet	emme olleet mataneet
2nd plur.		madoitte	ette mataneet	2nd plur.	olitte mataneet	ette olleet mataneet
3rd plur.		matoivat	eivät mataneet	3rd plur.	olivat mataneet	eivät olleet mataneet
passive		madettiin	ei madettu	passive	oli madettu	ei ollut madettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		mataisin	en mataisi	1st sing.	olisin matanut	en olisi matanut
2nd sing.		mataisit	et mataisi	2nd sing.	olisit matanut	et olisi matanut
3rd sing.		mataisi	ei mataisi	3rd sing.	olisi matanut	ei olisi matanut
1st plur.		mataisimme	emme mataisi	1st plur.	olisimme mataneet	emme olisi mataneet
2nd plur.		mataisitte	ette mataisi	2nd plur.	olisitte mataneet	ette olisi mataneet
3rd plur.		mataisivat	eivät mataisi	3rd plur.	olisivat mataneet	eivät olisi mataneet
passive		madettaisiin	ei madettaisi	passive	olisi madettu	ei olisi madettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		mada	älä mada	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		matakoon	älköön matako	3rd sing.	olkoon matanut	älköön olko matanut
1st plur.		matakaamme	älkäämme matako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		matakaa	älkää matako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		matakoot	älkööt matako	3rd plur.	olkoot mataneet	älkööt olko mataneet
passive		madettakoon	älköön madettako	passive	olkoon madettu	älköön olko madettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		matanen	en matane	1st sing.	lienen matanut	en liene matanut
2nd sing.		matanet	et matane	2nd sing.	lienet matanut	et liene matanut
3rd sing.		matanee	ei matane	3rd sing.	lienee matanut	ei liene matanut
1st plur.		matanemme	emme matane	1st plur.	lienemme mataneet	emme liene mataneet
2nd plur.		matanette	ette matane	2nd plur.	lienette mataneet	ette liene mataneet
3rd plur.		matanevat	eivät matane	3rd plur.	lienevät mataneet	eivät liene mataneet
passive		madettaneen	ei madettane	passive	lienee madettu	ei liene madettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		mataa		present	matava	madettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st mataakseni mataaksemme 2nd mataaksesi mataaksenne 3rd mataakseen mataaksensa		past	matanut	madettu
2nd	inessive2	mataessa	madettaessa	agent4	matama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st mataessani mataessamme 2nd mataessasi mataessanne 3rd mataessaan mataessansa		negative	matamaton
	instructive	mataen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form mataa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	matamassa	—
	elative	matamasta	—
	illative	matamaan	—
	adessive	matamalla	—
	abessive	matamatta	—
	instructive	mataman	madettaman
4th3	verbal noun	mataminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st matamaisillani matamaisillamme 2nd matamaisillasi matamaisillanne 3rd matamaisillaan matamaisillansa

Synonyms

• madella

Derived terms

• made
• madella
• maleksia
• mataminen

 

Related terms

• (possibly) mato (“worm”)
• (possibly) made (“burbot”)
• (possibly) matala (“low, shallow”)

References

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

• “mataa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Maata, maata

Oromo

Noun

mataa

1. head

Teop

Adjective

mataa

1. good

References

• Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar