maa

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See also: Maa, maá, maʻa, ma'a, máá, máà, mää, and må

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Imitative.

Interjection[edit]

maa

  1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.

Verb[edit]

maa (third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)

  1. (intransitive) To make such a sound.
    • 1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (page 126)
      Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...
    • 2000, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes
      Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. The cows mooed, the sheep maaed […]

Anagrams[edit]

Barunggam[edit]

Noun[edit]

maa

  1. hand

Further reading[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Finnish maa and Karelian mua.

Noun[edit]

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground
  4. country
  5. countryside

Declension[edit]

Inflection of maa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maa maad
accusative maa maad
genitive maa maade
partitive maad maid
maasid
illative maasse
maha 		maadesse
maisse
inessive maas maades
mais
elative maast maadest
maist
allative maale maadele
maile
adessive maal maadel
mail
ablative maalt maadelt
mailt
translative maaks maadeks
maiks
terminative maani maadeni
essive maana maadena
abessive maata maadeta
comitative maaga maadega

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Possibly, borrowed from an Indo-Aryan language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).[1] Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua, Komi-Zyrian му (mu), Udmurt му (mu), Mansi ма̄ (mā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: maa

Noun[edit]

maa

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside
    Voi mennä maalle. One can go to the countryside.
    Voi mennä maahan. One can go into the country. (e.g. to Spain)
    Panin sen maahan. I put it on the ground.
    Hän on maalla. He is in the countryside.
    Hän on maassa. He is in the country. (within the national boundary).
    Hän on maassa. He is on the ground (e.g. after being hit).
  7. (card games) suit

Usage notes[edit]

Due to the multiple meanings of maa, case forms are used to distinguish meanings.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of maa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative maa maat
genitive maan maiden
maitten
partitive maata maita
illative maahan maihin
singular plural
nominative maa maat
accusative nom. maa maat
gen. maan
genitive maan maiden
maitten
partitive maata maita
inessive maassa maissa
elative maasta maista
illative maahan maihin
adessive maalla mailla
ablative maalta mailta
allative maalle maille
essive maana maina
translative maaksi maiksi
instructive — main
abessive maatta maitta
comitative — maineen

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]
compounds

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1]

Gamilaraay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

maa

  1. five

References[edit]

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Guruntum[edit]

Noun[edit]

maa

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Herrmann Jungraithmayr, ‎Daniel Barreteau, ‎Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 81

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

Noun[edit]

maa (genitive maan, partitive maata)

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside

Declension[edit]

Inflection of maa[1]
singular plural
nominative maa maat
genitive maan maijen
partitive maata maita
illative maaha maihe
inessive maaz maiz
elative maast maist
allative maalle maille
adessive maal mail
ablative maalt mailt
translative maaks maiks
essive maan main

Nzadi[edit]

Noun[edit]

màá (plural màá)

  1. mother

Coordinate terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

Noun[edit]

maa (genitive maa, partitive maat)

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside

Inflection[edit]

Declension of maa
singular plural
nominative maa maad
genitive maa maďďe
partitive maat mait
illative mahaa maisõ
inessive maaz maiz
elative maass maiss
allative maala maila
adessive maall maill
ablative maalt mailt
translative maassi maissi
essive maana maina
comitative maaka maika
terminative maalõssa mailõssa

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • "maa" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Võro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.

Noun[edit]

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of maa
singular plural
nominative maa maaq
accusative maa maaq
genitive maa maiõ
partitive maad maid
illative maahõ
maahtõ 		maihõ
maihtõ
inessive maan
maahn 		main
maihn
elative maast maist
allative maalõ mailõ
adessive maal mail
ablative maalt mailt
translative maas mais
terminative maaniq mainiq
abessive maaldaq maildaq
comitative maagaq maiõgaq

Derived terms[edit]

  • ^ maa in Giellatekno Ingrian paradigm generator
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