matta
Keywords: security
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'mat.ta |
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| Part of Speech: | term verb noun |
| Class: | skurun |
| Forms: | matta, mattas |
| Glosses: | help, aid, assist, assistance, helpful, helpfully |
Description:
The term 'matta' refers to help, aid or assistance, and coexists with 'fesi' as a common idiom for helping.
Verb:
As a verb, 'matta' is a transitive skurun verb with an ergative helper and an absolutive one helped. A goal of the assistance can be added introduced with the preposition 'u'.
Noun:
As a noun, 'matta' refers to help, aid or assistance.
Modifier:
The modifier form 'mattas' means 'helpful' or 'helpfully'.
Interjection:
'Matta' can be used on its own as the word for calling out for help ('¡Matta!')