matara

matara

1. inflection of matar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

From Proto-Finnic *matara, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪ɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. (botany) bedstraw (any plant of the genus Galium)

• “matara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• armaat

matara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of matar

From Proto-Finnic *matara (“bedstraw”), with the modern sense probably originally short for of the derived kivimatara. Cognates include Finnish matara and Estonian madar.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑtɑr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtɑːrɑ/, [ˈmɑtˑɑːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑr, -ɑtɑːrɑ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. shield lichen

• kivimatara

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 299

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin

matara f (genitive matarae); first declension

1. sort of javelin used by Gauls

First-declension noun.

• “matara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “matara”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• matara in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “matara”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Ellis, P. B. (1998). The Ancient World of the Celts. United Kingdom: Constable, p. 75

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of matar

• IPA^(key): /maˈtaɾa/ [maˈt̪a.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧ra

matara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of matar

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مطره (matara, matare),[1][2] from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara, “(leather) pouch, bag”).[3]

• IPA^(key): /ma.taˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧ra

matara (definite accusative matarayı, plural mataralar)

1. Water container usually made of woolen fabric, leather or metal, used in travel or military service, carried around the neck or waist.

   Synonym: (dated) kırba

• “matara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “matara¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3078