mātu [KUR : ] (n. fem. ;
: [KALAM :
] ; ;
also [MA.DA :
])
: 1) (own) home country , home territory , the land / the state ;
2) flat country as opposed to mountains ;
3) land as opposed to sea ;
4) (foreign) country / territory , inhabitants of a country , a people , a nation ;
nišē māti : the inhabitants of the country ;
5) area of entrails ;
māt ubāni : area of finger ;
māt (ubān) ḫašî : area of a lung ;
māt tākaltim : area of stomach ;
6) plural : [KUR.KUR :
] : the countries of a region , all countries ;
Cf. mātitān, māt nukurti
See also : lišānu, mātu, ummatu, bētu