маха

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Chechen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Old Armenian մախաթ (maxatʿ).

Noun[edit]

ма̄ха (maaxaclass b2

  1. needle

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մախաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 228

Ingush[edit]

Noun[edit]

маха (maxa)

  1. needle

Russian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ма́ха (máxam inan

  1. genitive singular of мах (max)

Tundra Nenets[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Samoyedic *məkå.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mʌɣʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ма‧ха

Noun[edit]

маха (maxa)

  1. back (body part)
  2. top (uppermost part)

Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [məɣʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ма‧ха

Noun[edit]

мӑха (măxa)

  1. stutterer, stammerer
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 86
  • N. M. Tereschenko (1965), “маха”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия