maa

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See also Maa, and mää

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[edit] English

[edit] Interjection

maa

  1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to maa

Third person singular
maas

Simple past
maaed

Past participle
maaed

Present participle
maaing

to maa (third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)

  1. To make such a sound.
    • 2000, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes
      Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. The cows mooed, the sheep maaed...

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *maγe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

[edit] Noun

maa (genitive maa)

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground
  4. country
  5. countryside

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *maγe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: maa

[edit] Noun

maa

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside, in some expressions
    • mennä maalle = to go to the countryside
    • mennä maahan = to go to the country (e.g. to Spain)
    • Hän on maalla = he is in the countryside
    • Hän on maassa = he is in the country (within the national boundary)
    • Panin sen maahan = I put it on the ground - see note

Note: Due to the multiple meanings of maa, case ´forms are used to help distinguish the meanings and these case forms are not what one might expect based on normally application of the case form.

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