mā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Mandarin

Romanization

mā (Zhuyin ㄇㄚ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 妈, 媽
2. Pinyin transcription of 嬤, 嬷
3. Pinyin transcription of 孑
4. Pinyin transcription of 抵
5. Pinyin transcription of 摨
6. Pinyin transcription of 擳
7. Pinyin transcription of 虿
8. Pinyin transcription of 蚂
9. Pinyin transcription of 麵
10. Pinyin transcription of 抹

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Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [mʲæ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /mʲæj/
• Bender phonemes: {may}

Noun

mā

1. breadfruit.

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of mā – see 嘛 (“also”). (This character, mā, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 嘛.)

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Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma˨˨˦]

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g/s-pʷa. Cognate to Burmese ဝါး (wa:).

Noun

mā

1. bamboo

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• मा (Devanagari script)
• মা (Bengali script)
• මා (Sinhalese script)
• မာ or မႃ (Burmese script)
• มา (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາ (Lao script)
• មា (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मा (mā, “do not”).

Particle

mā

1. (prohibitive) do not

Noun

mā f

1. mother
2. moon

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Samoan

Pronoun

mā

1. First person dual exclusive

   we (he/she and I, but not you)

See also

Samoan personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			aʻu, ʻou	māʻua, mā (exclusive) tāʻua, tā (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			ʻoe, ʻe	ʻoulua	ʻoutou, tou
3rd person			ia, na	lāʻua	lātou