maat

Etymology

From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”).

Noun

maat (plural maats)

1. (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy
   • 2007, William Higham, The Hammarskjold Killing (page 226)

     A lot of my maats went west.

Anagrams

• AAMT

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1

From older mate, which still exists in parallel with this form. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.

Noun

maat f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)

1. size, measure.

Etymology 2

From a borrowing of Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon *gimato, cognate with Old High German gimazzo, English mate.

Noun

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

1. mate, buddy
2. shipmate etc.

Noun

maat

1. Nominative plural form of maa.

Noun

maat (plural maats)

1. (nautical) mast