different between maat vs naat

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”). Doublet of mate.

Noun

maat (plural maats)

1. (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy

Anagrams

• AAMT

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch maat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t/

Noun

maat (plural maats, diminutive maatjie)

1. mate, buddy

Descendants

• ? English: maat

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?t/
• Hyphenation: maat
• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From older mate, which still exists in parallel with this form. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *m?ta, from Proto-Germanic *m?t?.

Noun

maat f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)

1. size, measure
2. rhythm, beat

Derived terms

Related terms

• meten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maat
• ? Indonesian: emat

Etymology 2

From a borrowing of Middle Low German m?t, m?te, from Old Saxon *gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) + *matjô, from *matiz (“food”).

Cognate with Old High German gimazzo, English mate.

Noun

maat m (plural maten or maats, diminutive maatje n)

1. mate, buddy
2. shipmate etc.

Derived terms

• maatschap
• maatschappij
• teammaat

Related terms

• mattie

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maat
  • ? English: maat
• ? Polish: mat
• ? Sranan Tongo: mati (via the diminutive)
  • ? Dutch: mattie

References

Finnish

Noun

maat

1. Nominative plural form of maa.

Anagrams

• tama

Volapük

Noun

maat (nominative plural maats)

1. (nautical) mast

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

naat (countable and uncountable, plural naats)

1. (Islam) poetry in praise of the prophet Muhammad

Anagrams

• AANT, ANTA, Anat, Nata, Tana, anat., anta, taan, tana

Wolof

Noun

naat (definite form naat bi)

1. guinea fowl