Karnatakabhashabhushana 9.6

English (machine translation) 9.6

The particle matte is used for clearing the throat, and also in the sense of repetition.

The word matte occurs in the clearing of the throat, and also in the sense of "again".

[In throat-clearing:] mattadentu ("now then, how is that?");

[in repetition:] matte maguḻdaṁ ("he turned back again").

By the word api ("also"), it is also [used] for metrical filler:

adu mattentene ("if it is asked: how is that again?").

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