maha
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
- (archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
- 1896, Richard Lydekker, A Geographical History of Mammals:
- The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one […]
References[edit]
- “maha”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Verb[edit]
maha
- to press
Ese[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
References[edit]
- Jim and Judy Parlier Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Irregular illative of maa (“earth, ground”).
Adverb[edit]
maha (not comparable)
- down
- Tule maha!
- Come down!
- into the ground
- Me panime eile kartulid maha.
- We planted the potatoes yesterday. (lit. "We put the potatoes into the ground yesterday".)
- off
- Kütt võttis rebaselt naha maha.
- The hunter skinned the fox. (lit. "The hunter took the skin off of the fox".)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *maha, borrowed from a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *magô, Swedish mage. Cognates include Karelian maha, Votic maha, Ludian maha.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
Usage notes[edit]
maha is often used when talking about the inner part (or a round belly) and vatsa when talking about the outer, but especially in speech the usage of these words is often very mixed up.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of maha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maha | mahat | ||
genitive | mahan | mahojen | ||
partitive | mahaa | mahoja | ||
illative | mahaan | mahoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maha | mahat | ||
accusative | nom. | maha | mahat | |
gen. | mahan | |||
genitive | mahan | mahojen mahainrare | ||
partitive | mahaa | mahoja | ||
inessive | mahassa | mahoissa | ||
elative | mahasta | mahoista | ||
illative | mahaan | mahoihin | ||
adessive | mahalla | mahoilla | ||
ablative | mahalta | mahoilta | ||
allative | mahalle | mahoille | ||
essive | mahana | mahoina | ||
translative | mahaksi | mahoiksi | ||
abessive | mahatta | mahoitta | ||
instructive | — | mahoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- ihramaha
- isomahainen
- juoksutusmaha
- kaljamaha
- lehtimaha
- lihasmaha
- läskimaha
- mahahaava
- mahahappo
- mahahuuhtelu
- mahakatarri
- mahakatkero
- mahakelkka
- mahakelkkailija
- mahakelkkailu
- mahakipu
- mahalasku
- mahalaukku
- mahaletku
- mahanalus
- mahaneste
- mahanportti
- mahanpuru
- mahansuu
- mahantähystys
- mahapaita
- mahapalkka
- mahapiironki
- mahaplätsi
- mahapuoli
- maharauhanen
- maha-suolikanava
- maha-suolitulehdus
- mahasyöpä
- mahatauti
- mahatulehdus
- mahavaiva
- mahavyö
- möhömaha
- nenä-mahaletku
- pallomaha
- pulleamahainen
- purumaha
- pömppömaha
- raskausmaha
- vauvamaha
- verkkomaha
Further reading[edit]
- “maha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maha
Alternative forms[edit]
Jaqaru[edit]
Verb[edit]
maha
- to go
References[edit]
Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 75.
Karelian[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).
Adjective[edit]
maha
Maori[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha m
- religious festival
Declension[edit]
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | maho | mahā |
Accusative (second) | mahaṃ | mahe |
Instrumental (third) | mahena | mahehi or mahebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mahassa or mahāya or mahatthaṃ | mahānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mahasmā or mahamhā or mahā | mahehi or mahebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mahassa | mahānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mahasmiṃ or mahamhi or mahe | mahesu |
Vocative (calling) | maha | mahā |
Adjective[edit]
maha
Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
maha
Usage notes[edit]
- Maha is used in compound numerals only:
- Maha 'ahuru. ― Forty (literally, “Four tens.”)
- Maha 'ahuru mā maha. ― Forty-four (literally, “Four tens and four.”)
- For the simple number "four", the native term hā is used.
References[edit]
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 170
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
Slovene[edit]
Noun[edit]
maha
Tahitian[edit]
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : maha | ||
Numeral[edit]
maha
- four
- nā taʻata/tāʻata e maha ― four people
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Rapa Nui: maha
See also[edit]
Vilamovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Verb[edit]
maha
- (transitive) to do or make
- No bo, wos kon yhy maha? ― Well then, what can I do?
Conjugation[edit]
maha is a weak verb ending in -a
Present tense: yhy mah
dü mahst
har / zej / ejs maht
wjyr maha
jyr maht
zej maha
Past tense: yhy maht
dü mahtst
har / zej / ejs maht
wjyr mahta
jyr maht
zej mahta
Present participle: maha Past participle: gymaht
Further reading[edit]
A GRAMMAR OF WYMYSORYS, Alexander Andrason & Tymoteusz Król, Duke University, Slavic and East European Language Resource Center – SEELRC, 2016
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