ಮಾತು

Jennu Kurumba

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಮಾತು (mātu), Tamil மாட்டு (māṭṭu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɐːtu/

Noun

ಮಾತು (mātu)

  1. word, speech

References
  • Zvelebil, Kamil V. (1988) “ಮಾತು”, in Jēnu Kuṟumba: Brief Report on a "Tribal" Language of the Nilgiri Area‎, Journal of the American Oriental Society

Kannada

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil மாட்டு (māṭṭu), Telugu మాట (māṭa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maːt̪u/

Noun

ಮಾತು • (mātu)

  1. saying
  2. word
    Synonyms: ಪದ (pada), ಶಬ್ದ (śabda)
  3. promise

Declension
Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ಮಾತು (mātu) ಮಾತುಗಳು (mātugaḷu)
Accusative ಮಾತನ್ನು (mātannu) ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು (mātugaḷannu)
Instrumental ಮಾತಿನಿಂದ (mātininda) ಮಾತುಗಳಿಂದ (mātugaḷinda)
Dative ಮಾತಿಗೆ (mātige) ಮಾತುಗಳಿಗೆ (mātugaḷige)
Genitive ಮಾತಿನ (mātina) ಮಾತುಗಳ (mātugaḷa)

Derived terms
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