Ma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Translingual

Symbol

Ma

2. (fluid mechanics) Mach number.
4. (metrology) mega-annum, one million years.

   Holonym: Ga

   Meronym: ka

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

Ma (uncountable)

1. (informal, in direct address) Mother, mom, mama.

Alternative forms

• ma

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ma

1. Abbreviation of May.

Alternative forms

• ma

Etymology 3

Transcription of 馬／马 (mǎ).

Proper noun

Ma

1. A common surname from Chinese of East Asian derivation.

Translations

Chinese surname

• Arabic: مَا (ar) (mā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬 / 马 (zh) (Mǎ)

• Japanese: 馬 (ja) (ば, Ba), マー (Mā)
• Korean: 마(馬) (ko) (Ma)
• Russian: Ма (ru) (Ma)
• Vietnamese: Mã (馬 (vi)), Ma

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Ma

1. A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ma terms

Anagrams

• A&M, A. M., am, A. & M., AM, 'am, Am., Am, a.m., a. m., A.M.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 馬／马 (mǎ).

Proper noun

Ma

1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

Etymology

From Cantonese 馬 / 马 (maa⁵).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ma/ [mɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Ma

Proper noun

Ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese

Anagrams

• am