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mati

Pronunciation: /ˈmati/

“mati” is an Indonesian word. Its 16 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to die
  2. to be dead
  3. to stop (of an engine/watch, etc.), to be out of order, to be broken, to be stopped working
  4. to go out, to be extinguished (of a light/flame/fire/ lamp/radio, etc.)

adjective

  1. no longer living; deceased
  2. devoid of living things; barren
  3. completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live
  4. uable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty
  5. no longer used as a native or first language
  6. static (having no motion)
  7. lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people
  8. inanimate (not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals)
  9. does not contain water (anymore); does not have running water (anymore)
  10. in a state of non-operation or non-existence
  11. not available; out of service
  12. stuck (unable to progress with a task)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay mati, from Proto-Malayic *mati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(m-)atay from Proto-Austronesian *(m-)aCay. By surface analysis, meng- + *atai. False cognate of Old Javanese pāti (“death”). The claim that this word is borrowed from Arabic مات (māt, “to die”) or a doublet of maut is false based on the cognates found in Oceanic and Philipinic languages. Cognates Cognate with…

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