ma'

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ma'

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

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ma'

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of maar

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, with).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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ma’

  1. with (comitative, concurrent)
    • 1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:
      Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
      mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
      u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
      kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

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Inflected forms of ma'
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person miegħi magħna
2nd person miegħek magħkom
3rd person miegħu magħha magħhom
Definite forms
Xemxin Qamrin
maċ- · mad- · man-
mar- · mas- · mat- ·
max- · maz- · maż-
mal-

Derived terms

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Welsh

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Verb

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ma’

  1. Alternative form of mae

West Coast Bajau

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *əmmaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amax, from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

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ma'

  1. father

Yucatec Maya

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Adverb

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ma'

  1. not