matá

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *mataR.

matá

1. metate (grinding stone)

• Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎^[1] (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 28

From Portuguese matar (“to kill”), from Old Galician-Portuguese matar, from Latin mactō (“to slaughter; to kill”).

matá

1. (Diu) to kill (to put to death)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

• morrê

matá

1. apocopic form of matar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
2. eye dialect spelling of matar, representing Brazil Portuguese

Cognate with Bengali মাথা (matha).

matá

1. head

matá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of matar