Massa

See also: massa, mässa, and mássá

English

Noun

Massa (plural Massas)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Anagrams

• Assam, Samas, amass, msasa

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Latin

Etymology

From massa.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːs.sa/, [ˈmäːs̠ːä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.sa/, [ˈmäsːä]

Proper noun

Māssa m sg (genitive Māssae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Baebius Massa, a Roman governor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Māssa
Genitive	Māssae
Dative	Māssae
Accusative	Māssam
Ablative	Māssā
Vocative	Māssa

References

• Massa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Massa, Baebius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Massa n (plural Massasch)

1. knife