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4-letter words (2 found)

CAMA,MACA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AMA,CAA,CAM,MAA,MAC,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AM,MA,

You can make 10 words from maca according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of maca

maca amca mcaa cmaa acma cama maac amac maac amac aamc aamc mcaa cmaa maca amca cama acma acam caam aacm aacm caam acam

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Definitions and meaning of maca

maca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (countable and uncountable, plural macas)

  1. Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.
    Synonym: Peruvian ginseng

Translations

Further reading

  • Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • AACM, ACMA, Cama, MCAA, cama

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈħa/, [mʌˈħʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Pronoun

macá

  1. what? (inanimate)

Related terms

  • (what kind of?)

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “maca”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Noun

maca

  1. inflection of macë:
    1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural
    2. definite nominative singular

Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

  1. stick

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.kə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈma.ka]

Adjective

maca

  1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 2

Verb

maca

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Central Nahuatl

Verb

maca

  1. To give.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb

maca

  1. give

Cubeo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bãˈka/

Noun

maca

  1. excrement, poop, fecal matter.

See also

  • cʉra

References

  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maca", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Drehu

Noun

maca

  1. right (direction)

References

  • Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" 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: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑkɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝kɑ̝]

Noun

maca

  1. maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠakə/

Noun

maca

  1. vocative plural of mac

Mutation

Javanese

Romanization

maca

  1. (Indonesia) Romanization of ꦩꦕ

Paiwan

Alternative forms

  • matsa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

maca

  1. eye

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -at͡sa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish מצה (matse).

Noun

maca f (related adjective macowy)

  1. (Judaism, uncountable) matzo (thin, unleavened bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik
  2. (Judaism, countable) matzo (piece of such bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish maca, meca. Compare German Metze.

Noun

maca f

  1. (obsolete) dry measure of grain
    Synonym: garniec
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maca

  1. third-person singular present of macać

Further reading

  • maca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • maca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “maca”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -akɐ

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

  1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
  2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
  3. sailor’s hammock

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French macao or Italian macao.

Noun

maca f (uncountable)

  1. Mau Mau (card game)

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎːt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ма́ца)

  1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty
    Synonym: mačka

Declension

References

  • “maca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈma.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

  1. maca (Andean herb)

Etymology 2

Adjective

maca f

  1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 3

Verb

maca

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “maca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Taíno

Noun

maca

  1. tree

References

  • Taino Vocabulary in the Dominican Republic

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