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Mato
Mato
English
Proper noun
Mato
- A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmato/
- Hyphenation: ma‧to
Noun
mato (accusative singular maton, plural matoj, accusative plural matojn)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mato, an old loan from an Iranian language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑto/
- Rhymes: -ɑto
- Hyphenation: ma‧to
Noun
mato
- worm
- (computing) worm
- (colloquial) maggot (soft, legless larva)
- (colloquial) maggot (worthless person)
Declension
| Inflection of mato (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mato | madot | |
| genitive | madon | matojen | |
| partitive | matoa | matoja | |
| illative | matoon | matoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mato | madot | |
| accusative | nom. | mato | madot |
| gen. | madon | ||
| genitive | madon | matojen | |
| partitive | matoa | matoja | |
| inessive | madossa | madoissa | |
| elative | madosta | madoista | |
| illative | matoon | matoihin | |
| adessive | madolla | madoilla | |
| ablative | madolta | madoilta | |
| allative | madolle | madoille | |
| essive | matona | matoina | |
| translative | madoksi | madoiksi | |
| instructive | — | madoin | |
| abessive | madotta | madoitta | |
| comitative | — | matoineen | |