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māmā

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *maqamaqa (compare with Māori māmā, Rarotongan māmā, Tahitian māmā, Tongan maʻamaʻa and Samoan māmā)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *maʀaqan from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ʀaqan suffixed from *ʀaqan (compare with Cebuano gaán, Tagalog gaan)[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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māmā

  1. lightness, state of little weight
  2. ease, state of low effort
  3. nimbleness, swiftness
  4. (music) tempo

Derived terms

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Verb

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māmā(stative)

  1. nimble, quick
  2. light (of little weight)
  3. (figurative) eased

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “māmā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 245
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maqa-maqa.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 221

Japanese

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Romanization

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māmā

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まあまあ

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *maqamaqa (compare with Rarotongan māmā, Tahitian māmā, Tongan maʻamaʻa and Samoan māmā) from Proto-Oceanic *maʀaqan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ʀaqan suffixed from *ʀaqan (compare with Cebuano gaán, Tagalog gaan)[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːmaː/ [ˈmɑːmɑː]

Adjective

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māmā

  1. light, of little weight
  2. nimble, of low effort
  3. easy, simple, not difficult
  4. cheap, affordable (of price)

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maqa-maqa.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 221

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “māmā”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 188
  • “māmā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *maqamaqa from Proto-Oceanic *maʀaqan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-ʀaqan suffixed from *ʀaqan (compare with Cebuano gaán, Tagalog gaan)[1][2] Sense of lung from its spongy alveoli – compare with Hawaiian akemāmā.[3]

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Adjective

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māmā

  1. light, of little weight

Noun

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māmā

  1. (anatomy) lung

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maqa-maqa.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 221
  3. ^ ibid., volume 5: People, body and mind (2016). pp. 183-4. →ISBN
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