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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|[ma]|lang=dsb}}
* {{IPA|[ma]|lang=dsb}}


===Verb===
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# {{pinyin reading of|嘛}} final exclamatory particle
# {{pinyin reading of|嘛}} final exclamatory particle


===Pinyin===
===Romanization===
{{cmn-alt-pinyin|ma|ma0|ma5}}
{{cmn-alt-pinyin|ma|ma0|ma5}}


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# [[麽]]: interrogative final particle; [[insignificant]], [[small]], [[tiny]]
# [[麽]]: interrogative final particle; [[insignificant]], [[small]], [[tiny]]


===Pinyin syllable===
===Romanization===
'''ma'''
'''ma'''



Revision as of 17:53, 16 November 2011

English

Pronunciation

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Template:abbreviation

Ma sometimes ma

  1. May

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ma (plural mas) (usually used in the plural)

  1. Template:astronomy milli-second of arc

Noun

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

  1. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 92: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "colloquial" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 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

Anagrams


Breton

Pronoun

ma

  1. my

Interjection

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. good!

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. that
  2. if

Synonyms


Dorze

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. bee (insect)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. mother

Synonyms

See also


Estonian

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. I; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 92: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "short form" is not valid. See WT:LOL.

Finnish

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) maanantai.

Template:abbreviation

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. maanantai (Monday)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. (deprecated template usage) (personal, archaic, poetic) I
Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) ma f (singular)

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Related terms

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1 ma mes
Second person ton1 ta tes
Third person son1 sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre2 vos2
Third person leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. today

Noun

ma (plural mák)

  1. today

Declension

Inflection of ma
singular plural
nominative ma mák
accusative mát mákat
dative mának máknak
instrumental mával mákkal
causal-final máért mákért
translative mává mákká
terminative máig mákig
essive-formal maként mákként
essive-modal
inessive mában mákban
superessive mán mákon
adessive mánál máknál
illative mába mákba
sublative mára mákra
allative mához mákhoz
elative mából mákból
delative máról mákról
ablative mától máktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
máé máké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
máéi mákéi
Possessive forms of ma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mám máim
2nd person sing. mád máid
3rd person sing. mája mái
1st person plural mánk máink
2nd person plural mátok máitok
3rd person plural májuk máik

Derived terms


Ido

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. but

Interlingua

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian. Compare Spanish (deprecated template usage) mas.

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. but

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) magis.[1]

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. but

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Japanese

Syllable

ma (romaji ma)

  1. The hiragana syllable (ma) or the katakana syllable (ma) in Hepburn romanization.

Noun

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  1. : hiragana character ma
  2. : katakana character ma
  3. : space, room
  4. : evil spirit

Ladino

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian (deprecated template usage) mai < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) magis.

Conjunction

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  1. but
  2. why

Livonian

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. Template:personal I; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 92: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "short form" is not valid. See WT:LOL.

Lojban

Cmavo

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  1. Used as a sumti, the word indicates asking for that sumti; thus it is equivalent to any of the English question words "who", "where", "how", etc.

See also


Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) third person singular present of měś

Mandarin

Romanization

ma (ma5ma0, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄚ)

  1. Template:pinyin reading of final interrogative particle
  2. Template:pinyin reading of final exclamatory particle

Romanization

Template:cmn-alt-pinyin

  1. : interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender
  2. : final interrogative particle
  3. : final interrogative particle
  4. : final exclamatory particle
  5. :
  6. : interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
  7. : interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny

Romanization

ma

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

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


Nigerian Pidgin

Determiner

ma

  1. my

Old French

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) ma f (masculine mon, plural mes)

  1. my (first-person singular possessive pronoun)

Descendants

  • French: ma

Old Frisian

Cardinal number

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. one

Pitjantjatjara

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. away

Polish

Pronunciation

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. Third-person singular present indicative form of mieć.
    Andrzej ma 18 lat. – Andrzej is 18 years old.

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) ma f

  1. my

Synonyms


Scots

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ma

  1. my

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. if
    Ma tha thu 'g iarrraidh sin... - If you want that...

Usage notes


Turkish

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. and
    Türkiye ma Kuzey Kıbrıs sondaj anlaşmasına kol çekti. Turkey and Northern Cyprus have signed a drilling contract.

Tz'utujil

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. not

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ma

  1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)