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Definitions and meaning of ma

ma

Etymology 1

Noun

ma (plural mas)

  1. (astronomy, usually in the plural) Abbreviation of milli-arcsecond.

Etymology 2

The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

ma (plural mas) (not generally used in the plural)

  1. (colloquial, and in direct address) mother, mama
Usage notes
  • Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person.
Hey, Ma, I’d like you to meet my friend Jamie.
Synonyms
Translations

See also

  • pa

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Noun

ma

  1. May
Usage notes
  • Usually capitalised as Ma.

Etymology 4

From my

Determiner

ma

  1. (dialectal, informal) Alternative spelling of my

Etymology 5

From Chinese 嘛 (ma, “of course!”).

Particle

ma (Singlish, Singapore, colloquial)

  1. Alternative form of mah

References

Anagrams

  • 'am, A&M, A. & M., A. M., A.M., AM, Am, Am., a.m., am

'Are'are

Conjunction

ma

  1. and

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Acehnese

Noun

ma

  1. mother

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Afrikaans

Noun

ma (plural ma's)

  1. mom, mother

Synonyms

  • mamma
  • moeder

Antonyms

  • pa

Derived terms

  • ouma

Ajië

Conjunction

ma

  1. and

References

  • Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, 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.

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

ma m (Gressoney, Issime)

  1. man
  2. husband

References

  • “ma” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Anaang

Verb

má

  1. to love

Further reading

  • Cristiane Benjamin Santos, Aspectos morfossintáticos dos pronomes pessoais em Anaan (2007)
  • Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin magis. Compare Romanian mai.

Adverb

ma

  1. more

Etymology 2

From Italian ma.

Conjunction

ma

  1. but, yet

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • mamá

Noun

ma f (plural mas)

  1. mother
    Synonym: madre

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [màꜜà]

Noun

ma

  1. sea cow

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Breton

Pronoun

ma

  1. my

Interjection

ma

  1. good!

Conjunction

ma

  1. that
  2. if

Synonyms

  • mar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mam, reduced form of Latin meam

Determiner

ma

  1. feminine singular of mon

Chamorro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæ/

Pronoun

ma

  1. they

Usage notes

  • 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

References

  • Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎[4], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”). Cognate with German Mond, English moon.

Noun

ma m

  1. (Thirteen Communities) moon
Alternative forms
  • maano, må

References

  • “ma” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology 2

An unstressed pronunciation of månn (“man”). Compare German man, Dutch men for a similar construct.

Pronoun

ma

  1. (Luserna) one, you (indefinite pronoun)

References

  • “ma” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Related to widespread words for "mother" and related respectful terms for women across West Africa.

Noun

ma

  1. mother-in-law

References

  • 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

Noun

ma

  1. bee (insect)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ma f (plural ma's, diminutive maatje n)

  1. (informal) mother

Synonyms

  • mama
  • moeder

See also

  • oma
  • pa

Efik

Verb

má

  1. love, like

Further reading

  • Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

Estonian

Pronoun

ma (genitive mu, partitive mind)

  1. I; short form of mina

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ/, [ˈmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑ
  • Syllabification: ma

Etymology 1

From maanantai.

Noun

ma

  1. Abbreviation of maanantai (“Monday”).

Etymology 2

See minä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ/, [ˈmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑ
  • Syllabification: ma

Pronoun

ma

  1. (personal, archaic, poetic) I
Synonyms
  • minä (standard Finnish)
  • mä (colloquial)
  • mie (dialectal)
  • miä (dialectal)
  • mää (dialectal)
  • mnää (dialectal)

French

Etymology

From Old French ma, from Latin mea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/

Determiner

ma f

  1. feminine singular of mon

Related terms

1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

Further reading

  • “ma” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai

Pronoun

ma

  1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
  2. 2nd-person plural pronoun: you
  3. 2nd-person singular possessive pronoun: your
  4. 2nd-person plural possessive pronoun: your

See also

Hawaiian

Preposition

ma

  1. in, at

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably related to más.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ ˈmɒ]
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Adverb

ma

  1. today

Noun

ma (plural mák)

  1. today
  2. (attributively, before any time of day) this …… (morning etc.), to-…… (as in “tonight”)

Declension

Its plural and (single- and multiple-possession) possessive forms are hardly if ever used. The suffixed singular forms máig, mára, mához, máról, and mától are common, while mát, mának, mával, máért, mában, mánál, mába, 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.

Derived terms

  • jobb ma egy veréb, mint holnap egy túzok
  • mai
  • most

Related terms

  • más

References

Further reading

  • ma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French mais, Italian ma, Spanish mas from Latin magis, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

Synonyms

  • sed (archaic)

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian ma. Compare Spanish mas.

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

Interlingue

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Conjunction

ma

  1. 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

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

See also

  • però

Noun

ma f

  1. Abbreviation of mamma.

Interjection

ma

  1. (informal, emphatic) Indicates emotion or emphasis.
    Ma che carino! - Oh, how cute!
  2. (informal) Used to introduce a new topic or a question.
    Ma...tu sei di Roma? - So...you're from Rome?

References

Japanese

Romanization

ma

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ま
  2. Rōmaji transcription of マ

Kavalan

Adverb

ma

  1. only

Noun

ma

  1. daddy; father (term of address)

Keoru-Ahia

Noun

ma

  1. water

References

  • Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎꜜ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
    • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.

Noun

ma

  1. truth

Adverb

ma

  1. truly

Etymology 2

Particle

ma

  1. (for class 6) of

References

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish mas, from Latin magis.

Conjunction

ma (Latin spelling)

  1. but
    Synonym: ama
  2. why

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

Verb

-má

  1. to stand

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • minā

Etymology

See etymology at Finnish me.

Pronoun

ma

  1. I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker

Declension

See also

  • sinā, sa
  • tämā, ta

References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma]

Verb

ma

  1. third-person singular present of měś

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː/
  • Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /ma/.
  • Homophone: ma'

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَا‎ (mā, “not”).

Adverb

ma

  1. not; used to negate verbs and pronominal adverbs
Usage notes
  • 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

From Arabic مَا‎ (mā, “what”).

Pronoun

ma

  1. (relative) Alternative form of li (“who, which, that”), used in some fossiled expressions
Derived terms
  • bħalma

Mandarin

Romanization

ma (Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄚ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 么
  2. Pinyin transcription of 嗎, 吗
  3. Pinyin transcription of 嘛
  4. Pinyin transcription of 㕰

ma

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of má.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mǎ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of mà.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maricopa

Noun

ma

  1. milk

Middle English

Pronoun

ma

  1. Alternative form of man

References

  • “man (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin magis. Compare Italian ma, French mais.

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English my.

Determiner

ma

  1. my

North Frisian

Preposition

ma

  1. (Mooring Dialect) with

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

Verb

-má

  1. to stand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Novial

Conjunction

ma

  1. but

Old English

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /mɑː/

Adverb

mā

  1. more

Adjective

mā (indeclinable)

  1. more (often + genitive)
    • The Life of Saint Margaret

Noun

mā ?

  1. more

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mea.

Determiner

ma f (masculine mon, plural mes)

  1. my (first-person singular possessive)

Descendants

  • French: ma

Old Frisian

Pronoun

ma

  1. one

Old Irish

Conjunction

ma

  1. Alternative spelling of má

Opao

Noun

ma

  1. water

References

  • Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Orokolo

Noun

ma

  1. water

References

  • Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Pipil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː/

Particle

mā

  1. Subjunctive marker
  2. Clipping of maka. (Negative imperative marker)

Usage notes

  • The particle ma helps disambiguating many of the subjunctive forms from the present indicative or imperative forms.

Verb

-má

  1. Clipping of -maka.

Pitjantjatjara

Adverb

ma

  1. away

Pohnpeian

Conjunction

ma

  1. if

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/

Verb

ma

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mieć

Pronoun

ma

  1. Alternative form of moja.

Further reading

  • ma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Samoan

Conjunction

ma

  1. and
  2. because

Preposition

ma

  1. with

Savi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मया (mayā) or another form of अहम् (aham, “I”).

Pronoun

ma

  1. I; first-person singular personal pronoun

References

  • Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎[7], Stockholm University

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/, /mə/

Etymology

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

Determiner

ma

  1. my
    Synonym: wir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.

Conjunction

ma

  1. if

Usage notes

  • If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.
  • In the conditional tense, instead of ma, nan/nam is used in positive sentences and mura in negative ones.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/
  • Hyphenation: m‧a

Interjection

ma

  1. bah, whatever
  2. Placed at the beginning of a sentence to add intensity and surprise
  3. Placed at the beginning of a sentence to express dismissal and indignation
  4. Used to emphasize sarcasm

Situ

Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma.

Particle

ma

  1. not, no; negative particle

Further reading

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • mňa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma]

Pronoun

ma

  1. genitive/accusative of ja

Suri

Noun

mà

  1. water

References

  • 1999, Michael Bryant, Aspects of Tirmaga Grammar (in notes, as ma)
  • Michael Bryant, A Brief Grammar of the Suri Language (2011) (as mà)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

Verb

-́ma

  1. to stand
  2. to stop, to wait

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tahitian

Conjunction

ma

  1. and

Preposition

ma

  1. with

Tairuma

Noun

ma

  1. Alternative form of ma'a

References

  • Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Toaripi

Noun

ma

  1. (Toaripi, Kaipi, Sepoe) water

References

  • Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Tz'utujil

Adverb

ma

  1. not

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.

Noun

ma

  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. soil
  4. land, country, region
  5. state

Inflection

Derived terms

  • kodima
  • kosmosma
  • kuivma
  • linma
  • sinižma
  • tagama
  • veraz ma
  • mail'm
  • makar
  • makondi
  • makovandez
  • maleveduz'pird
  • mapiduz'pird
  • mapolišk
  • mapähkim
  • maröunanvarjoičii
  • maujui
  • mavezieläi
  • mavoi
  • manaluine
  • manedustai
  • mankaivai
  • manmäričii
  • manparemboituz
  • manpidäi
  • manradai
  • manrehkaiduz
  • mansüvüded
  • mantedo
  • manvägituz
  • pämante

References

  • 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], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maː˧˧]

Etymology 1

A Sino-Vietnamese word from 魔.

From Proto-Vietic *-maː (“genie; phantom; ghost; spirit”)

Noun

(classifier con) ma

  1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)
Derived terms

Noun

(classifier con) ma

  1. (archaic) a demon
  2. (archaic) magic
Synonyms
  • quỷ
Derived terms

Vilamovian

Pronoun

ma

  1. (indefinite) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)

Vilela

Noun

ma

  1. water

References

  • Bernard Comrie, ‎Lucía Golluscio, Language Contact and Documentation (2015, →ISBN
  • Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907)

Warao

Alternative forms

  • m-

Pronoun

ma

  1. my
  2. me, accusative of iné

References

  • Focus, chapter 8: Warao and Urarina
  • Languages with Wilf, Comparison: Warao vs. Warray

Wolof

Pronoun

ma

  1. me (first-person singular object pronoun)

See also

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

Verb

-̂ma

  1. (intransitive) to halt
  2. (intransitive) to stop

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • ummi

Zazaki

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ma

Pronoun

ma

  1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ma˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: ma1
  • Hyphenation: ma

Etymology 1

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, Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Saek หม่า.

Noun

ma (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 𬌫, 獁, 𬍄, 䭾, 庅, 犸, 𭸱, old orthography ma)

  1. dog

Etymology 2

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, Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (maa) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (maaa).

Verb

ma (Sawndip forms 庲, 么, 麻, 𮜃, 𫹞, 駡, old orthography ma)

  1. to come back; to return
See also
  • maz

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

Verb

-má

  1. (intransitive) to stand, to be standing
  2. (intransitive) to stand still, to not move
  3. (intransitive) to stop, to come to a standstill, to halt

Inflection

Derived terms

  • -mi
  • isimo
  • umumo

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “ma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ma”

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (colloquial) mother.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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