mā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː/

Particle

mā

1. Precedes verbs in the imperative or optative.

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Mandarin

Romanization

mā (ma¹, Zhuyin ㄇㄚ)

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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 term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 嘛).

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• 𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

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