maca

See also: macà, maça, maçã, maçâ, mącą, and маса

English

The maca root

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (uncountable)

1. The Andean medicinal herb , or an extract of the root of this plant.
   • (Can we date this quote?), M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:

     The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]

Translations

a type of Andean herb; extract of its root

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 瑪卡／玛卡, ^{(please verify)} 玛卡

  Mandarin: 瑪卡／玛卡 (mǎkǎ), 玛卡 (mǎkǎ)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: maca (es) f

See also

• Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AACM, ACMA, Cama, MCAA, cama

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Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

1. stick

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ka]

Adjective

maca

1. feminine singular of maco

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb

maca

1. give

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Drehu

Noun

maca

1. right (direction)

References

• Template:cite. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Template:cite. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠakə/

Noun

maca

1. Template:vocative plural of

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maca	mhaca	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦩꦕ
Roman	maca

Etymology

N- +‎ waca (“to read”)

Verb

maca (ngoko maca, krama maos)

1. to read

References

• "maca" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

maca

1. third-person singular present of macać

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
3. sailor’s hammock

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎːtsa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ма́ца)

1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty

Declension

Declension of maca

	singular	plural
nominative	maca	mace
genitive	mace	maca
dative	maci	macama
accusative	macu	mace
vocative	maco	mace
locative	maci	macama
instrumental	macom	macama

Synonyms

• (cat): mačka

References

• “maca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈma.ka]

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. maca (Andean herb)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001