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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma (plural mas)
- (astronomy, usually in the plural) Abbreviation of milli-arcsecond.
Etymology 2
[edit]The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants. For more on the linguistic process whereby infants' monosyllables are tied to ancient word roots for parents, see mama, papa, mātēr, and patēr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma (plural mas)
- (colloquial, and in direct address) mother, mama
- Coordinate term: pa
- (colloquial) The landlady of a theater.
- 1949, Shaw Desmond, The Edwardian Story, page 322:
- […] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]
Usage notes
[edit]- Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person.
- Hey, Ma, I’d like you to meet my friend Jamie.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]
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References
[edit]- (landlady of a theater): 1984, Jonathon Green, Newspeak.
See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Abbreviation.
Noun
[edit]ma
- May.
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually capitalised as Ma.
Etymology 4
[edit]From my.
Determiner
[edit]ma
Etymology 5
[edit]From Chinese 嘛 (ma, “of course!”).[1]
Particle
[edit]- Alternative form of mah
- 1998 April 24, viken, “tcs shows”, in sg.rec.tv (Usenet):
- Singlish is acceptable in Singapore mah
- 2015 April 17, Jalelah Abu Baker, “What's the difference between 'lah' and 'lor': Poet Gwee Li Sui's take on nuances of Singlish goes viral”, in The Straits Times[1]:
- I dun have mah.
- 2017 April 30, Wong Kim Hoh, “It Changed My Life: Migrant worker goes from painting condos to boss of own company”, in The Straits Times[2]:
- "I was already 32, so must get married mah," he says, using the Singlish word often used to express something which is obvious.
References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Acehnese
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Afar
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Afroasiatic *ma, *mi-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]má (bound form maa-)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- macá (“what?”)
References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]ma (plural ma's)
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Ajië
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Compare Ge'ez -መ (-mma) (emphatic enclitic).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ma/
Particle
[edit]ma
- (enclitic) and, but
- (enclitic) used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses
- 𒌓𒈠𒈠 [ūmamma] ― u₄-ma-ma ― this very day
Alternative forms
[edit]Phonetic |
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References
[edit]- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “-ma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Alemannic German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Anaang
[edit]Verb
[edit]má
- to love
Further reading
[edit]- Cristiane Benjamin Santos, Aspectos morfossintáticos dos pronomes pessoais em Anaan (2007)
- Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist
Anguthimri
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
- (Mpakwithi) man
Verb
[edit]ma
- (transitive, Mpakwithi) to hear
- (transitive, Mpakwithi) to listen
References
[edit]- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187
'Are'are
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Aromanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin magis. Compare Romanian mai.
Adverb
[edit]ma
Etymology 2
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See madre
Noun
[edit]ma f (plural mas)
Bambara
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]ma (auxiliary)
- (verbal auxiliary) marks an action which is not accomplished
- A ma na fɔlɔ
- He has not come yet
- Sirajɛ ma taa dɔgɔ la
- Siraje did not go to the market
References
[edit]- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bavarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unstressed form of mia
Pronoun
[edit]ma
See also
[edit]nominative | accusative | dative | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||
1st person singular | i | — | mi | — | mia (mir) | ma | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | — | di | — | dia (dir) | da | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Sie | — | Eahna | — | Eahna | — | |
3rd person singular | m | er | a | eahm | 'n | eahm | 'n |
n | es, des | 's | des | 's | |||
f | se, de | 's | se | 's | ihr | — | |
1st person plural | mia (mir) | ma | uns | — | uns | — | |
2nd person plural | eß, ihr | — | enk, eich | — | enk, eich | — | |
3rd person plural | se | 's | eahna | — | eahna | — |
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Compare German man and Dutch men.
Pronoun
[edit]ma
- one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
- Ma waß nia, wås an erwoat. ― You never know what to expect.
- they, people (people in general)
- Des sågt ma hoid a so. ― That's just the way people say it.
- they (some unspecified group of people)
Big Nambas
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ma
- come
- aparvr ti aparma paua, patrahr = If they both come the day after tomorrow, wait for them.
References
[edit]- Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
Breton
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
Interjection
[edit]ma
- good!
Conjunction
[edit]ma
Synonyms
[edit]Cameroon Pidgin
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma
- Alternative spelling of my (“1st person singular possessive determiner”)
Caolan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *mam, reduced form of Latin meam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma
Chamorro
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
Usage notes
[edit]- ma is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while siha is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.
See also
[edit]hu-type pronouns | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural inclusive | plural exclusive | |
1st person | hu | ta | in |
2nd person | un | en | |
3rd person | ha | ma | |
yoʼ-type pronouns | |||
singular | plural inclusive | plural exclusive | |
1st person | yoʼ | hit | ham |
2nd person | hao | hamyo | |
3rd person | gueʼ | siha | |
emphatic pronouns | |||
singular | plural inclusive | plural exclusive | |
1st person | guahu | hita | hami |
2nd person | hagu | hamyo | |
3rd person | guiya | siha |
References
[edit]- Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”).
Noun
[edit]ma m
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Etymology 2
[edit]An unstressed pronunciation of månn (“man”).
Pronoun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- “ma” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Coatepec Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
- hand.
Dama (Sierra Leone)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to widespread words for "mother" and related respectful terms for women across West Africa.
Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54
Dorze
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
- bee (insect)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma f (plural ma's, diminutive maatje n)
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: maa
See also
[edit]Efik
[edit]Verb
[edit]má
Further reading
[edit]- Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of mina, from Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma (genitive mu, partitive mind, long form mina)
- I (1st person singular personal pronoun)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used unstressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is stressed, mina is used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of ma | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | singular | plural | ||
long | short | long | short | |
nominative | mina | ma | meie | me |
genitive | minu | mu | meie | me |
partitive | mind | meid | ||
illative | minusse | musse | meisse | |
inessive | minus | mus | meis | |
elative | minust | must | meist | |
allative | minule | mulle | meile | |
adessive | minul | mul | meil | |
ablative | minult | mult | meilt | |
translative | minuks | – | meieks | meiks |
terminative | minuni | – | meieni | – |
essive | minuna | – | meiena | – |
abessive | minuta | – | meieta | – |
comitative | minuga | muga | meiega | – |
See also
[edit]Estonian personal pronouns | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||||
long | short | long | short | ||
1st person | mina | ma | meie | me | |
2nd person | familiar | sina | sa | teie | te |
polite | Teie | Te | |||
3rd person | animate | tema | ta | nemad | nad |
inanimate | see | need |
Further reading
[edit]- “ma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “ma”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- ma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
- Abbreviation of maanantai (“Monday”).
Further reading
[edit]- “ma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]See minä; developed through contraction. Compare Estonian ma.
Pronoun
[edit]- (personal) I
Declension
[edit]Other forms than the nominative generally align with mä.
Synonyms
[edit]- minä (standard Finnish; see it for full list)
Franco-Provençal
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French ma, from Latin meam.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma f
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Louisiana Creole: mâ
Further reading
[edit]- “ma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
- 2nd-person plural pronoun: you
- 2nd-person singular possessive pronoun: your
- 2nd-person plural possessive pronoun: your
See also
[edit]Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]ma
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably related to más.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
- today
- 1975, Imre Kertész, translated by Tim Wilkinson, Sorstalanság, Budapest: Magvető Könyvkiadó (2016), →ISBN, page 5:
- Ma nem mentem iskolába. Azaz mentem, de csak, hogy hazakéredzkedjem az osztályfőnökömtől.
- I didn’t go to school today. Or rather, I did go, but only to ask my class teacher’s permission to take the day off.
- (attributively, before any time of day) this …… (morning etc.), to-…… (as in “tonight”)
Noun
[edit]ma (usually uncountable, plural mák)
Declension
[edit]The suffixed singular forms máig, mára, mához, máról, and mától are common, while mát, mának, mával, máért, mában, mánál, mába, and mából occur mostly in a figurative sense, referring to the present time. The phrase a mai nap is commonly used in its literal sense, adding suffixes to nap instead of this term. Its plural forms are virtually non-existent.
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | ma | — |
accusative | mát | — |
dative | mának | — |
instrumental | mával | — |
causal-final | máért | — |
translative | mává | — |
terminative | máig | — |
essive-formal | maként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mában | — |
superessive | mán | — |
adessive | mánál | — |
illative | mába | — |
sublative | mára | — |
allative | mához | — |
elative | mából | — |
delative | máról | — |
ablative | mától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
máé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
máéi | — |
Its (single- and multiple-possession) possessive forms are hardly if ever used.
Possessive forms of ma | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mám | — |
2nd person sing. | mád | — |
3rd person sing. | mája | — |
1st person plural | mánk | — |
2nd person plural | mátok | — |
3rd person plural | májuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ma in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mais, Italian ma, Portuguese and Spanish mas, all from Latin magis, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Synonyms
[edit]- sed (archaic)
Interlingua
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Istriot
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
- but
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
- Ma sulo i tuoi bai uoci, anema meîa,
- But only your beautiful eyes, oh soul of mine
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma f
- Abbreviation of mamma.
Interjection
[edit]ma
- (informal, emphatic) indicates emotion or emphasis
- Ma che carino! ― Oh, how cute!
- (informal) used to introduce a new topic or a question
- Ma...tu sei di Roma? ― So...you're from Rome?
Further reading
[edit]- ma in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ma
Jarawa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- me; us (singular and plural first-person pronoun in the accusative case)
Usage notes
[edit]The pronoun mi can also be used in the accusative case, but it is less common than ma. When used in possessive constructions, the choice of pronoun is largely determined by vowel harmony.
See also
[edit]Person | Default form | Accusative form | Prefixed form |
---|---|---|---|
1st | mi | ma | m- |
2nd | ŋi | ŋa | ŋ- |
ni | na | n- | |
ən | ən- | ||
3rd | hi, əhi | hiwa | h-, hi-, ih-, he-, əh- |
ən (for generic third-person) |
References
[edit]- Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa[5] (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 76—85.
Kabyle
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Kavalan
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
Noun
[edit]ma
Keoru-Ahia
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
[edit]ma
Adverb
[edit]ma
Etymology 2
[edit]Particle
[edit]- (for class 6) of
References
[edit]- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish mas, from Latin magis.
Conjunction
[edit]ma (Latin spelling)
- but
- Synonym: ama
- 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim[6], archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:
- La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.
- The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.
- 2020 January 29, Metin Delevi, “El 27 de Enero es el dia de memoria de las viktimas del Nazismo, del Olokosto…”, in Şalom[7]:
- Devemos de saver ke el antisemitizmo es una de las formas ekstremas del rasizmo ma ay otras formas de rasizmo i devemos de luchar kon todo modo forma del rasizmo.
- We must know that antisemitism is one of the extreme forms of racism, but there are other forms of racism and we must fight every form of racism.
- why
Lala (South Africa)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.
Verb
[edit]-má
- to stand
Lhao Vo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Lashi muì and Burmese အမွေ (a.mwe).
Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).
Ligurian
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Livonian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shorter form of minā.
Pronoun
[edit]ma
- I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker
Declension
[edit]singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīv) | minā ma |
mēg meg |
genitive (genitīv) | min | mäd |
partitive (partitīv) | mīnda | mēḑi |
dative (datīv) | minnõn min |
mäddõn män |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | minkõks | mädkõks |
illative (illatīv) | minnõ minnõz |
mēži |
inessive (inesīv) | minsõ | mēši |
elative (elatīv) | minstõ | mēšti |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ma
Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
- not; used to negate verbs and pronominal adverbs
- Illum ma nixrobx. ― I do not drink today.
- Qatt ma nixrob. ― I never drink. / I do not ever drink.
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally used together with the negative ending -x attached to the verb or pronominal adverb. This ending is absent, however, when another negative word is used, such as qatt (“never”), ebda (“no, none”), ħadd (“nobody”), xejn (“nothing”).
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- (relative) Alternative form of li (“who, which, that”), used in some fossiled expressions
- L-ewwel ma tiekol, l-għajn.
- You eat with your eyes first.
- (literally, “The first that eats is the eye.”)
- (obsolete, with comparative adjective) how (as in “how beautiful is...”)
- Synonym: kemm
- ca. 1760, G.P.F. Agius de Soldanis, Discorso tra due contadini sopra le nuove correnti:
- Rait e Sultana, u makbar u mesbahh ma hi, ma t challi hhasra, ghaliesc i enghat li t-arga mnein giet.
- Rajt is-Sultana. U ma akbar u ma isbaħ ma hi! Imma tħalli ħasra, għaliex jingħad li terġa’ mnejn ġiet.
- I saw the Sultana [a captured Turkish ship]. And how big and how beautiful she is! But is a pity, because they say she will go back to where she came from.
Derived terms
[edit]Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 么
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗎/吗
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㕰
ma
- Nonstandard spelling of mā.
- Nonstandard spelling of má.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǎ.
- Nonstandard spelling of mà.
Usage notes
[edit]- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Maonan
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
Maricopa
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
Mbyá Guaraní
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
Particle
[edit]ma
- separates the topic from the rest of the sentence.
Middle English
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- Alternative form of man (“one, you”)
Mursi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma (Ethiopic script ማ)
References
[edit]- David Turton, Moges Yigezu, Olisarali Olibui (2008) “ma”, in Mursi-English-Amharic dictionary, →ISBN, page 117
- Firew Girma Worku (2020) A grammar of Mursi, page 123
Neapolitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin magis. Compare Italian ma, French mais.
Conjunction
[edit]ma
Nefamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Assamese মা (ma), Early Assamese মাৱ (mawo), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (māyā), from Sanskrit माता (mātā).
Noun
[edit]ma
Nigerian Pidgin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma (with tonal diacritic: má)
North Frisian
[edit]Preposition
[edit]ma
Northern Ndebele
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.
Verb
[edit]-má
- to stand
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from the 1st person dual suffix -ma, which itself is a neologism, found in 15th century texts, derived from the 1st person dual suffix -va under the influence of the 1st person plural suffices -m/-me/-my. There aren't many attestations of this pronoun.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
Declension
[edit]Singular | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | jáz, já | ty | — |
Genitive | mne, mě | tebe, tě | sebe, sě |
Dative | mně, mi | tobě, ti | sobě, si |
Accusative | mě, mne | tě, tebe | sě, sebe |
Locative | mně | tobě | sobě |
Instrumental | mnú | tobú, tebú | sobú, sebú |
Possessive | mój | tvój | svój |
Dual | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
Nominative | vě, va, ma | vy | — |
Genitive | najú | vajú | sebe, sě |
Dative | náma | váma | sobě, si |
Accusative | ny, najú | vy, vajú | sě, sebe |
Locative | najú | vajú | sobě |
Instrumental | náma | váma | sobú, sebú |
Possessive | náš, najú | váš, vajú | svój |
Plural | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
Nominative | my | vy | — |
Genitive | nás | vás | sebe, sě |
Dative | nám, nem | vám, vem | sobě, si |
Accusative | ny, nás | vy, vás | sě, sebe |
Locative | nás | vás | sobě |
Instrumental | námi | vámi | sobú, sebú |
Possessive | náš | váš | svój |
References
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ma”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *maiz. Cognate with Old Frisian mā, Old Saxon mēr, Old Dutch mēr, Old High German mēr, Old Norse meir, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]mā
- more
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, lines 85-89
- Mid þȳ is ġetācnod þæt his trēowa sceal, and his mōdġeþonc, mā up þonne niþer habban tō heofonum.
- By that is betokened, that his trust shall, and his mind, more upwards than downwards aspire to the heavens.
- The Life of Saint Margaret
- Sēo hāliġe fǣmne him andswarode and cwæþ, "Nis mē ālīefed þæt iċ þē tō seċġe, for þon þū neart nā wierðe mīne stefne tō ġehīerenne. Godes bebodu iċ wille ġehīeran and ġecȳðan. And þū, dēofol, ādumba nū, for þon þe iċ nylle nān word mā of þīnum mūðe ġehīeran."
- The holy virgin answered him and said, "I’m not allowed to tell you, because you don't deserve to hear my voice. God's commandments are what I want to hear and impart. And you, demon, be quiet now, because I don't want to hear one more word out of your mouth."
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, lines 85-89
- further
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.
- Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- instead, rather
Adjective
[edit]mā (indeclinable)
- more (often + genitive)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...
- Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Usage notes
[edit]The expected comparative and superlative forms of mā, māra and mǣst, occur, but are traditionally considered to be suppletive forms of miċel instead.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma f (masculine mon, plural mes)
- my (first-person singular possessive)
Descendants
[edit]- French: ma
Old Frisian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
Old Irish
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
- Alternative spelling of má
Omaha-Ponca
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]Opao
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Orokolo
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Phalura
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit म (ma, “1sg (base of oblique cases)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling مہ)
- I (1sg nom, subject), me (1sg direct object)
Alternative forms
[edit]- máa- (Forming one phonological word with following postposition or clitic, e.g. máathe 'me, to me' with the 'to'.)
References
[edit]- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[8], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Pipil
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]mā
Usage notes
[edit]- The particle ma helps disambiguating many of the subjunctive forms from the present indicative or imperative forms.
Verb
[edit]-má
- Clipping of -maka.
Pitjantjatjara
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
Pohnpeian
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]ma
- third-person singular present indicative of mieć
- Andrzej ma 18 lat. ― Andrzej is 18 years old.
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
Further reading
[edit]- ma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Contraction
[edit]ma
Romani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (mā), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (mā), from Sanskrit मा (mā).
Particle
[edit]ma
- don't (prohibitive particle)
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “ma¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 172a
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “ma (and-e rokhimàta)”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 231a
Romanian
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- ma in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Salar
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Samoan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Maori me and Hawaiian me.
Conjunction
[edit]ma
Preposition
[edit]ma
Savi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit मया (mayā) or another form of अहम् (aham, “I”).
Pronoun
[edit]ma
- I; first-person singular personal pronoun
References
[edit]- Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan[9], Stockholm University
Scots
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma
- Alternative form of my
References
[edit]- “my, poss. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.
Conjunction
[edit]ma
- if
- Ma tha thu ’g iarrraidh sin… ― If you want that…
- Ma bhios tu…/Ma bhitheas tu… ― If you will be…/If you are… (habitual)
Usage notes
[edit]- Where followed by the ‘future’ tense, the corresponding relative verb-form is used.
- Dèan e, ma thogras tu.
- Do it, if you want.
- In the conditional tense, instead of ma, nan/nam is used in positive sentences and mura/mur/mana in negative ones.
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian ma, reinforced by Ancient Greek μά (má); both ultimately from Latin magis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]mȁ (Cyrillic spelling ма̏)
- bah, whatever
- Placed at the beginning of a sentence to add intensity and surprise
- Ma kako?! ― How?!
- Ma gdje? ― Where in the world...?
- Ma da? ― Really?
- Ma to je on! ― That's definitely him!
- Placed at the beginning of a sentence to express dismissal and indignation
- Ma ne. ― No way.
- Ma daj. ― Oh come on.
- Ma kakvi. ― Impossible.
- Used to emphasize sarcasm
- Ma da!/Ma svakako!/Ma naravno! ― Yeah, sure.
- Ma nemoj. ― Oh you don't say?
- Ma nikad niste vi krivi. ― Of course it can never be your fault.
Situ
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Particle
[edit]ma
Further reading
[edit]- M. Prins, A Grammar of rGyalrong, Jiǎomùzú (Kyom-kyo) Dialects: A Web of Relations (2016) (and earlier A Web of Relations: A Grammar of rGyalrong, Jiǎomùzú (Kyom-kyo) Dialects, 2011)
Slovak
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- genitive/accusative of ja
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma f (plural mas)
- (Latin America) mum; mom
Further reading
[edit]- “ma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ma
- Romanization of 𒈠 (ma)
Suri
[edit]Noun
[edit]mà
References
[edit]- 1999, Michael Bryant, Aspects of Tirmaga Grammar (in notes, as ma)
- Michael Bryant, A Brief Grammar of the Suri Language (2011) (as mà)
Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.
Verb
[edit]-́ma
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ma/ [mɐ]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ma
Etymology 1
[edit]Influenced by Baybayin character ᜋ (ma).
Noun
[edit]ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
- the name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Abakada alphabet
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
- (zoology) mollusk with a shell that looks like a coat of mail
Further reading
[edit]- “ma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]Tahitian
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
Preposition
[edit]ma
Tairuma
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
- Alternative form of ma'a
References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Tat
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Persian ماه (mâh).
Noun
[edit]ma
Tày
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [maː˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [maː˦˥]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”). Cognate with Thai หมา (mǎa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ, Lao ໝາ (mā), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Lü ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Shan မႃ (mǎa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Zhuang ma, Saek หม่า.
Noun
[edit]ma (𬍄)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][10][11] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][12] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Etymology 2
[edit]From Vietnamese ma.
Noun
[edit]ma (魔)
Teanu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vanikoro *ma, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry ma.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry ma.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Ternate
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Toaripi
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
- (Toaripi, Kaipi, Sepoe) water
References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Tokelauan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *ma. Cognates include Maori mā and Samoan ma.
Conjunction
[edit]ma
- Joins noun clauses; and, with
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][13], page 1:
- Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
- Joins verb clauses; and, also, too
- 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau][14], page 1:
- Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *ma.
Preposition
[edit]ma
Etymology 3
[edit]Preposition
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[15], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 198
Tz'utujil
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ma
Veps
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.
Noun
[edit]ma
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of ma (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | ma | ||
genitive sing. | man | ||
partitive sing. | mad | ||
partitive plur. | maid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ma | mad | |
accusative | man | mad | |
genitive | man | maiden | |
partitive | mad | maid | |
essive-instructive | man | main | |
translative | maks | maikš | |
inessive | mas | maiš | |
elative | maspäi | maišpäi | |
illative | maha | maihe | |
adessive | mal | ||
ablative | malpäi | mailpäi | |
allative | male | maile | |
abessive | mata | maita | |
comitative | manke | maidenke | |
prolative | madme | maidme | |
approximative I | manno | maidenno | |
approximative II | mannoks | maidennoks | |
egressive | mannopäi | maidennopäi | |
terminative I | mahasai | maihesai | |
terminative II | malesai | mailesai | |
terminative III | massai | — | |
additive I | mahapäi | maihepäi | |
additive II | malepäi | mailepäi |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “грунт, держава, земля, почва, свет, страна”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][16], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 魔. The modern Vietnamese usage of ma (“ghost”) and quỷ (“demon; ogre”) is contrary to that of Mandarin 魔 (mó, “demon”) and 鬼 (guǐ, “ghost”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit](classifier con) ma
Derived terms
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ma
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 魔
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Vilamovian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- (indefinite) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)
Vilela
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Bernard Comrie, Lucía Golluscio, Language Contact and Documentation (2015, →ISBN
- Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907)
Warao
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- my
- Ma rahe hakaya.
- My brother runs.
- Natu ma tatutuma iji minajara? [1]
- Granny, have you not seen my wives?
- me, accusative of iné
- Ma hube abuae.
- A snake bit me.
- Ihi ma isiko naonahara? [2]
- Don't you come with me?
References
[edit]West Makian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- (animate) third-person possessive pronoun, its
- mene me mo oma ― this is his child (literally, “this (is) he his child”)
- da kabi mo gou ― the goat's leg
Usage notes
[edit]The possessive pronoun ma follows West Makian vowel harmony, and as such may surface as me, mi, or mo.
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ma
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ma
- then
- toi ipongi, ma tasagal yo ― if it rains, then I won't go
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[17], Pacific linguistics
Wolof
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ma
- me (first-person singular object pronoun)
See also
[edit]Wutunhua
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably related to Mandarin 麼/么 (me).
Pronoun
[edit]ma
- what (interrogative)
Related terms
[edit]- mashema (“why”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ma
References
[edit]- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[18], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
Xhosa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.
Verb
[edit]-̂ma
- (intransitive) to halt
- (intransitive) to stop
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
[edit]Yola
[edit]Verb
[edit]ma
- Alternative form of mye (“may”)
- 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 2:
- When ye Lord plaase, He ma mend this,
- [When the Lord please, He may mend this,]
References
[edit]- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137
Zazaki
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ma
Pronoun
[edit]ma
- we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)
Zhuang
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ma˨˦/
- Tone numbers: ma1
- Hyphenation: ma
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”). Cognate with Thai หมา (mǎa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ, Lao ໝາ (mā), Lü ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Shan မႃ (mǎa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Saek หม่า.
Noun
[edit]ma (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 𬌫 or 獁 or 𬍄 or 𰡪 or 䭾 or 庅 or 犸 or 𭸱, 1957–1982 spelling ma)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Thai มา (maa), Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
Verb
[edit]ma (Sawndip forms 庲 or ⿸广末 or 么 or 麻 or ⿸广处 or 𮜃 or ⿰么馬 or ⿰㐅馬 or 𫹞 or 駡, 1957–1982 spelling ma)
See also
[edit]Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.
Verb
[edit]-má
- (intransitive) to stand, to be standing
- (intransitive) to stand still, to not move
- (intransitive) to stop, to come to a standstill, to halt
Inflection
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ma”
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