matu

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatu]

matu m

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of mat

matu

1. first-person singular present of mást

Shortened from maahantunkeutuja (“country-intruder”); MV-lehti introduced the word in fall 2015[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtu/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪u]
• Rhymes: -ɑtu
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧tu

matu (informal, derogatory)

1. (Internet slang) immigrant, asylum seeker

• (derogatory) juhlapaikanhakija, mamu

• maut, muta, tuma

From Proto-Inuit *matu- (“cover, lid, to cover”), from Proto-Eskimo *matu (“cover”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /matu/, [mə.tʊ]

matu (plural matut)

1. lid
2. door

From Portuguese mata. Cognate with Kabuverdianu matu.

matu

1. forest

From Portuguese mata.

matu

1. forest

matu m

1. inflection of mats (“hair”):
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

matù

1. instrumental singular of mãtas (“measure”)

• mato

matu

1. third-person plural present indicative of masu

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu/
• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: ma‧tu

matu m inan

1. genitive singular of mat