maka
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka (plural makas)
- (chiefly Hawaii) eye
- 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:
- He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.
- 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:
- da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...
- 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:
- Open your makas, man!
- Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".
- I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.
Anagrams[edit]
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Verb[edit]
maka
- to give.
Hawaiian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tahitian mata.
Noun[edit]
maka
Derived terms[edit]
- waimaka (“tears”)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: maka
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tokelauan mata.
Verb[edit]
maka
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aːka
Noun[edit]
maka
- inflection of maki:
Noun[edit]
maka
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
maka
Usage notes[edit]
The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu".
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “maka” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Jamamadí[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka
- (Banawá) snake
References[edit]
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
maka
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka m
- genitive singular form of maks
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka
- inflection of mak:
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See maki (“match, partner”)
Noun[edit]
maka f (genitive mǫku)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- maki m
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka
References[edit]
- “maka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pipil[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
-maka
- (transitive) to give
- Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.
- Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.
- (transitive, informal) to punish; to hit
- Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.
- She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.
Alternative forms[edit]
- (shortened) -ma
Etymology 2[edit]
Particle[edit]
maka
- Negative imperative marker
- Maka shimutalukan kalijtik
- Don't run inside (the house)
Alternative forms[edit]
- (shortened) mā
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
maka
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make.
Noun[edit]
maka c
Declension[edit]
Declension of maka | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | maka | makan | makor | makorna |
Genitive | makas | makans | makors | makornas |
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makon, see also German machen.
Verb[edit]
maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)
- To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
- To move oneself slightly, for example to make room for someone in a sofa or allow someone to reach objects behind oneself
Conjugation[edit]
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | maka | — | ||
Supine | makat | — | ||
Imperative | maka | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | maken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | makar | makade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | maka | makade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | make | makade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | makande | |||
Past participle | makad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms[edit]
Tongan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô.
Noun[edit]
maka m
Derived terms[edit]
- makator m (“equal, match, counterpart, companion”)
Derived terms[edit]
Wutunhua[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maka
References[edit]
- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
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