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4-letter words (4 found)

AMAS,MAAS,MASA,SAMA,

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AAS,AMA,MAA,MAS,SAM,SMA,

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AA,AM,AS,MA,

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Definitions and meaning of masa

masa

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 柾 (masa) or 政 (masa), an abbreviation of 柾紙 (masagami) or 政紙 (masagami).

Noun

masa (uncountable) (More fully, masa paper)

  1. (art) A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting

References

Etymology 2

From Spanish masa (“dough”). Doublet of mass.

Noun

masa (usually uncountable, plural masas)

  1. (US) Maize dough made from freshly prepared hominy, used for making tortillas, tamales, etc.

Anagrams

  • -sama, AAMS, AAMs, AMSA, Maas, Sama, aams, amas, maas

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmasa/
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa
  • Rhymes: -asa

Adjective

masa

  1. too much, too many
    Synonyms: masiau, demasiau

Adverb

masa

  1. too (to an excessive degree)
  2. excessively, too much
    Synonyms: masiau, demasiau

Noun

masa f

  1. mass (quantity of matter)
    masa critica ― critical mass
  2. dough
    Synonym: pasta

Derived terms

  • biomasa
  • en massa
  • massa d'aire

Further reading

  • Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ماسه, from Bulgarian ма́са (mása), from Romanian masă, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑˈsɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (definite accusative masanı, plural masalar)

  1. (somewhat high-style) table
    Synonym: stol

Declension

Derived terms

  • masaüstü

Further reading

  • “masa” in Obastan.com.

Balinese

Romanization

masa

  1. romanization of ᬫᬲ
  2. romanization of ᬫᬵᬲ

Bambara

Noun

masa

  1. king

Derived terms

References

  • Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish masa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧sa
  • IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa]

Noun

masa

  1. dough
    Synonym: tapay

Derived terms

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

masa

  1. deer.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmasa]
  • Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

Noun

masa f (relational adjective masový)

  1. mass (a large body of individuals, especially persons)
    masa lidí ― mass of people
Declension
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

masa

  1. inflection of maso:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

  • “masa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “masa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “masa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum < mittō.

Noun

masa f

  1. Mass

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese massa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin massa (“dough”). Cognate with Portuguese massa and Spanish masa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmasa̝/

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

  1. dough
    Synonym: amoado
  2. mortar
    Synonyms: argamasa, morteiro
  3. (Physics) mass

Derived terms

  • amasar
  • maseira

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “massa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “massa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “masa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “masa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “masa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hopi

Noun

masa

  1. wing (body part of an animal)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse masa, from Proto-Germanic *masōną. Cognate with English maze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːsa/
  • Rhymes: -aːsa

Verb

masa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative masaði, supine masað)

  1. (intransitive) to chat, to chatter

Conjugation

Anagrams

  • sama

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmasa]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sa
  • Homophone: massa
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a

Etymology 1

From Malay masa, from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“time, time of day; season”, literally “month”), from Sanskrit मास (māsa, “month”).

  • The sense of doubt or disbelief expression is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦺꦴꦱꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (mosok), variant of ꦩꦱ (masa, “disbelief expression”, literally “certainly not”), from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not”) (cf. salah masa (“at the wrong time”)).

Noun

masa (plural masa-masa)

  1. period,
    1. history: period of time seen as coherent entity
    2. length of time
    3. length of time during which something repeats
  2. time,
    1. inevitable passing of events
    2. quantity of availability in time
    3. time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc.
    4. particular moment or hour
    5. measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time
    6. numerical indication of a particular moment in time
  3. (geology) era
Synonyms
  • kala
  • waktu
Derived terms

Adverb

masa

  1. words to express distrust and rhetorical in nature
  2. express the speaker's doubt or disbelief about something that they have just heard, learned, or noticed

Alternative forms

  • masak

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “a weight of gold”).

Adverb

masa

  1. (archaeology) unit of measurement of weight for gold and silver

Further reading

  • “masa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

masa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まさ

Ladino

Etymology

From Sephardi Hebrew מַצָּה (masá), from Biblical Hebrew מַצָּה (maṩå).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈsa/

Noun

masa f (Hebrew spelling מצה, plural masot)

  1. matzah
  2. dough

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [masːa]

Noun

masa f (4th declension)

  1. (physics) mass
  2. mass, quantity, amount
  3. mass, body, bulk, blob
  4. (in the plural) the masses
  5. (genitive plural) mass, large-scale

Declension

Malay

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit मास (māsa, “month”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masa/
    • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ma.sə]
    • (Baku) IPA(key): [ma.sa]
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Jawi spelling ماس, plural masa-masa)

  1. Time:
    Synonyms: waktu, kala
    1. Inevitable passing of events.
    2. Quantity of availability in time.
    3. Time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc.
    4. Particular moment or hour.
    5. Measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time.
    6. Numerical indication of a particular moment in time.

Affixations

Compounds

Conjunction

masa (Jawi spelling ماس, formal form semasa)

  1. (informal) During the time that; when.
    Synonyms: waktu, bila

Further reading

  • “masa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Ngaju

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq.

Verb

masa

  1. to sharpen

Northern Sami

Pronoun

masa

  1. illative singular of mii

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • maset
  • maste (simple past)
  • mast (past participle)

Verb

masa

  1. inflection of mase:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • mase

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɑːsɑ/

Verb

masa (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative masa/mas)

  1. to nag

References

  • “masa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.sa/
  • Rhymes: -sa
  • Homophones: māsa, māṣa
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Etymology 1

Noun

masa

  1. alternative spelling of māsa (“month; time”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

masa

  1. certainly not
  2. it is impossible
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬲ (masa)

Further reading

  • "masa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

masa

  1. deer

Polish

Alternative forms

  • massa (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin māssa. First attested in 1534. Compare Silesian masa.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa f (related adjective masowy)

  1. (countable) mass (shapeless substance that is flexible and allows itself to be formed)
    Synonym: bryła
  2. (uncountable, colloquial) mass (large number or amount)
    Synonym: ogrom
  3. (countable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter)
  4. (electricity) ground (point against which potentials are measured in an electrical or electronic system)
  5. (countable) mass (large object or objects seen in faint outline)
  6. (uncountable, obsolete, property law) property remaining after the deceased testator or after the bankruptcy of a merchant or industrialist, subject to division among creditors or heirs
  7. (obsolete, uncountable, metallurgy) a type of greasy sand used in the production of steel castings
  8. (countable, obsolete, biliards) a billiard cue with a wide butt on the thinner end for better hitting the ball
  9. (countable, Middle Polish) mixture
    Synonym: mieszanina
  10. (in the plural) masses (people; especially a large number of people; the general population)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: masa
  • → Slovincian: masa

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), masa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 44 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 33 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 8 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 5 times, making it the 95th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

  • masa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • masy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • masa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “MASA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.07.2019
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “masa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “masa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “masa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 892

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French masser.

Verb

a masa (third-person singular present masează, past participle masat) 1st conjugation

  1. to massage
Conjugation
Related terms
  • masaj
  • masare
  • masat (past participle of masa)

Etymology 2

Noun

masa f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of masă

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

màsa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀са)

  1. mass

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /máːsa/

Noun

mȃsa f

  1. mass (large quantity; sum)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa
  • Homophone: (Latin America) maza

Etymology 1

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

  1. (food) dough
    Synonym: pasta
  2. (physics) mass
  3. drove (large amount)
    en masa ― in droves
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Bikol Central: masa
  • → English: masa
  • → Tagalog: masa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

masa

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

Further reading

  • “masa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From a dialectal masa (“move or work slowly”). Probably sound symbolic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɑːsa/
  • Rhymes: -²ɑːsa

Verb

masa (present masar, preterite masade, supine masat, imperative masa)

  1. (reflexive) to move slowly

Conjugation

References

  • masa sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

  • Maas

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish masa, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈmaː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ)

  1. dough
  2. people; the masses
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay masa, from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“time, time of day; season”, literally “month”), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit मास (māsa). Compare Tausug masa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈmaː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. time; epoch; season
    Synonyms: panahon, salukoy, sagsag
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈmaː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa

Verb

masa (complete nasa, progressive nanasa, contemplative babasa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. Apheretic form of bumasa (infinitive): to read

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈsaʔ/ [mɐˈsaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa

Verb

masâ (complete nasa, progressive nanasa, contemplative babasa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. Apheretic form of bumasa (infinitive): to make something wet

Further reading

  • “masa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

  • sama, amas, asam

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay masa.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /masa/ [maˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Sulat Sūg spelling مَسَ)

  1. era, epoch, age
    Synonym: jaman

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماسه, borrowed from Bulgarian маса (masa, “table”), from Romanian masă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑˈsɑ]

Noun

masa (definite accusative masayı, plural masalar)

  1. table

Declension

References

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian massa.

Noun

masa f (plural mase)

  1. mass

Adverb

masa

  1. too much
  2. very

Source: wiktionary.org