maa

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Interjection 1.2 Verb 1.3 Anagrams 2 Estonian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Interjection

maa

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

[edit] Verb

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...

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aam , AAM
• ama, AMA

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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

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[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.

[edit] Declension

Declension of maa (type maa) singular plural nominative maa maat genitive maan maiden maitten partitive maata maita accusative maa maan maat inessive maassa maissa elative maasta maista illative maahan maihin adessive maalla mailla ablative maalta mailta allative maalle maille essive maana maina translative maaksi maiksi instructive – main abessive maatta maitta comitative – maineen

[edit] Derived terms

• adjectives: maallinen, maaton, mainen
• nouns: maailma, maalainen, maasto, maatamo
• verbs: maadoittaa, maata, maatua