1. DCN Malla

has as a variant

mateva, mateoni, matero

is a variant of

mateoni, mateva, matero

Variants:

Classical Newar version

• v.aux., not to be time for, S.010b.06 NS: 866 Ill. cha dane mateoni rā. Is it not time for you to get up ? Mod. matyahni

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  auxiliary verb

• v.i., to be improper (to stay), H.066a.02 NS: 691 Ill. thva dakva ṅeṅāva, jena cintarapā, thva thāyasa, je conya matero. Having heard all this, I thought to myself that it was not proper to stay in this place.

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  Newar Grammatical Function:

  intransitive verb

• v.aux, not to be suitable, not to be liable, C.047a.05 NS: 720 Mod. matyaḥ Ill. jñānīmhaṃna, sukulasa, jāyarapū kanyā, birūpi jurasnoṃ, bibāhā yāya māla, rūpinī jurasnoṃ, nīca mateva. A wise man should marry a girl of high birth, even though she is ugly, it is not suitable to marry a girl of low caste, even though she is beautiful.

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  Newar Grammatical Function:

  verb