ma

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Abbreviation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Breton 2.1 Pronoun 2.2 Interjection 2.3 Conjunction 2.3.1 Synonyms 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 See also 4 Estonian 4.1 Pronoun 5 Finnish 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Abbreviation 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Pronoun 5.2.1.1 Synonyms 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Adjective 7 Hungarian 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Adverb 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 8 Ido 8.1 Conjunction 9 Italian 9.1 Conjunction 10 Japanese 10.1 Noun 11 Livonian 11.1 Pronoun 12 Lojban 12.1 Particle 13 Mandarin 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Particle 13.3 Pinyin 13.4 Pinyin syllable 13.4.1 Usage notes 14 Nigerian Pidgin 14.1 Determiner 15 Old Frisian 15.1 Cardinal number 16 Pitjantjatjara 16.1 Adverb 17 Polish 17.1 Pronunciation 17.2 Verb 17.3 Pronoun 17.3.1 Synonyms 18 Scots 18.1 Pronunciation 18.2 Pronoun 19 Scottish Gaelic 19.1 Adverb 19.1.1 Usage notes 20 Sumerian 20.1 Conjunction 21 Tz'utujil 21.1 Adverb 22 Vietnamese 22.1 Pronunciation 22.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

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ma or Ma

1. May
2. megannum. One million years.

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ma (not generally used in the plural)

1. (colloquially, and in direct address) Mother, mama.

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• Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person.

Hey, Ma, I’d like you to meet my friend Jamie.

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• pa

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[edit] Breton

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ma

1. my

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ma

1. good!

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ma

1. that
2. if

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• mar

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ma m. (plural ma's, diminutive maatje, diminutive plural maatjes)

1. mother

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• mama
• moeder

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• oma
• pa

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ma

1. I; short form of mina.

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[edit] Etymology 1

From maanantai.

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ma

1. maanantai (Monday)

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ma

1. (personal, archaic, poetic) I

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• minä (standard Finnish)
• mie (dialectal)
• mä (colloquial)
• mää (dialectal)

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[edit] French

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• IPA: /ma/, SAMPA: /ma/

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ma f.

1. (personal) my; feminine form of mon.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɒ/
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ma

1. today

[edit] Noun

ma (plural mák)

1. today

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declension 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

possessives of ma possessor singular possession plural possession 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

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ma

1. but

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[edit] Italian

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ma

1. but

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

ma (hiragana ま, katakana マ)

1. ま: hiragana character ma
2. マ: katakana character ma
3. 間: space, room
4. 魔: evil spirit

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[edit] Livonian

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ma

1. (personal) I; short form of mina.

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ma

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.

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[edit] Mandarin

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ma (Pinyin ma, traditional 嗎, simplified 吗)

1. An interrogative marker; a calling for either agreement or disagreement.

   你伩他/她吗?

   你信他/她嗎?

   Nǐ xìn tā ma?

   Do you believe him/her?

   你说普通话吗?

   你説普通話嗎?

   Nǐ shuō Pǔtōnghuà ma?

   Do you speak Putonghua/Mandarin?

   你们说英语吗?

   你們説英語嗎?

   Nǐ men shuō Yīngyǔ ma?

   Do you (plural) speak English?

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ma (form of ma0 or ma5)

1. 么: interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender
2. 吗: final interrogative particle
3. 嗎: final interrogative particle
4. 嘛: final exclamatory particle
5. 嚈:
6. 麼: interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
7. 麽: interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny

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ma

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, mā, má, mǎ, or mà.

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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.

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[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

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ma

1. my

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ma

1. (cardinal) one

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ma

1. away

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma/

[edit] Verb

ma

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of mieć.

   Andrzej ma 18 lat. – Andrzej is 18 years old.

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ma f.

1. my

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• moja

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[edit] Scots

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• IPA: /ma/, /mə/

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ma

1. my

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

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ma

1. if

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

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• If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.

  Dèan e, ma thogras tu. - Do it, if you want.

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[edit] Sumerian

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ma

1. and
2. but

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ma

1. not

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[edit] Vietnamese

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɑː/

[edit] Noun

ma

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)