ma

Etymology 2
The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants. For more on the linguistic process whereby infants' monosyllables are tied to ancient word roots for parents, see, , mātēr, and patēr.

Noun

 * 1)  mother, mama
 * 2)  The landlady of a theater.
 * 1)  The landlady of a theater.

Usage notes

 * Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person.

Etymology 3
Abbreviation.

Noun

 * 1) May.

Usage notes

 * Usually capitalised as.

Etymology 4
From

Etymology 5
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Noun

 * 1) mother

Etymology
From.

Determiner

 * 1) what? what kind of?

Related terms

 * macá

Noun

 * 1) mom, mother

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology
akk

Particle

 * 1)  and, but

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) husband

Verb

 * 1) to love

Noun

 * 1)  man

Verb

 * 1)  to hear
 * 2)  to listen

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) more

Etymology 2
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) but, yet
 * 2) if

Etymology
See

Noun

 * 1) mother

Noun

 * 1) sea cow

Etymology 1
Unstressed form of

Pronoun

 * 1) me
 * 2) we

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) one, you indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular
 * 2) they, people people in general
 * 3) they some unspecified group of people
 * 1) they some unspecified group of people
 * 1) they some unspecified group of people

Verb

 * 1) come
 * aparvr ti aparma paua, patrahr = If they both come the day after tomorrow, wait for them.

Pronoun

 * 1) my

Interjection

 * 1) good!

Conjunction

 * 1) that
 * 2) if

Noun

 * 1) horse

Etymology
From, reduced form of.

Pronoun

 * 1) they

Usage notes

 * ma is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  moon

Etymology 2
An unstressed pronunciation of.

Pronoun

 * 1)  one, you

Noun

 * 1) hand.

Etymology
Related to widespread words for "mother" and related respectful terms for women across West Africa.

Noun

 * 1) mother-in-law

Noun

 * 1) bee (insect)

Noun

 * 1)  mother

Verb

 * 1) love, like

Etymology
, from, from.

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Usage notes

 * Used unstressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is stressed, is used.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
See ; developed through contraction. Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  I

Declension
Other forms than the nominative generally align with.

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Pronoun

 * 1) 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
 * 2) 2nd-person plural pronoun: you
 * 3) 2nd-person singular possessive pronoun: your
 * 4) 2nd-person plural possessive pronoun: your

Preposition

 * 1) in, at

Etymology
Probably related to.

Adverb

 * 1) today
 * 2)  this …… morning etc., to-…… as in “tonight”
 * 1)  this …… morning etc., to-…… as in “tonight”
 * 1)  this …… morning etc., to-…… as in “tonight”
 * 1)  this …… morning etc., to-…… as in “tonight”

Noun

 * 1)   today the present time period; nowadays

Declension
The suffixed singular forms are common, while  occur mostly in a figurative sense, referring to the present time. The phrase a mai nap is commonly used in its literal sense, adding suffixes to nap instead of this term. Its plural forms are virtually non-existent.

Its (single- and multiple-possession) possessive forms are hardly if ever used.

Etymology
Borrowed from, , and , all from , from.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Interjection

 * 1)  indicates emotion or emphasis

Etymology
Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) me; us singular and plural first-person pronoun in the accusative case

Usage notes
The pronoun can also be used in the accusative case, but it is less common than. When used in possessive constructions, the choice of pronoun is largely determined by vowel harmony.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Adverb

 * 1) only

Noun

 * 1) daddy; father term of address

Noun

 * 1) water

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) truth

Adverb

 * 1) truly

Particle

 * 1)  of

Etymology
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) but
 * 2) why
 * 1) why
 * 1) why
 * 1) why

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to stand

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) inheritance
 * 2) heirloom

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
Shorter form of.

Pronoun

 * 1) I;

Pronunciation

 * Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to.
 * Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to.

Etymology 1
From.

Adverb

 * 1) not;

Usage notes

 * Generally used together with the negative ending attached to the verb or pronominal adverb. This ending is absent, however, when another negative word is used, such as, , ,.

Etymology 2
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  , used in some fossiled expressions
 * 2)  how (as in “how beautiful is...”)
 * 1)  how (as in “how beautiful is...”)

Romanization




Noun

 * 1) dog

Noun

 * 1) milk

Adverb

 * 1) already

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) water
 * 2) river

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) mother, mom

Etymology
From.

Determiner
(with tonal diacritic: má)


 * 1) my

Preposition

 * 1)  with

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to stand

Etymology
Derived from the 1st person dual suffix, which itself is a neologism, found in 15th century texts, derived from the 1st person dual suffix under the influence of the 1st person plural suffices //. There aren't many attestations of this pronoun.

Pronoun

 * 1)  we two

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) more
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' , lines 85-89
 * "ang"

- Mid þȳ is ġetācnod þæt his trēowa sceal, and his mōdġeþonc, mā up þonne niþer habban tō heofonum.


 * 1) * The Life of Saint Margaret
 * 2) further
 * 3) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.


 * 1) instead, rather

Adjective

 * 1) more
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
 * "ang"

- Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...

Usage notes
The expected comparative and superlative forms of mā, and, occur, but are traditionally considered to be suppletive forms of  instead.

Etymology
From.

Determiner

 * 1) my (first-person singular possessive)

Pronoun

 * 1) one

Noun

 * 1) snow

Noun

 * 1) water

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) I (1sg nom, subject), me (1sg direct object)

Usage notes

 * The particle ma helps disambiguating many of the subjunctive forms from the present indicative or imperative forms.

Adverb

 * 1) away

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Etymology
Inherited from, from , from.

Particle

 * 1) don't prohibitive particle

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) and
 * 2) because

Preposition

 * 1) with

Etymology
From or another form of.

Pronoun

 * 1) I;

Etymology
From, from , (compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), from.

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Usage notes

 * Where followed by the ‘future’ tense, the corresponding relative verb-form is used.
 * In the conditional tense, instead of ma, '/' is used in positive sentences and // in negative ones.
 * In the conditional tense, instead of ma, '/' is used in positive sentences and // in negative ones.

Etymology
From, reinforced by ; both ultimately from.

Interjection

 * 1) bah, whatever

Etymology
.

Particle

 * 1) not, no;

Noun

 * 1)  mum; mom

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to stand
 * 2) to stop, to wait

Etymology 1
Influenced by Baybayin character.

Noun

 * : mom

Noun

 * 1)  mollusk with a shell that looks like a coat of mail

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Preposition

 * 1) with

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) moon

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  dog

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) ghost

Etymology
From Proto-Vanikoro *ma, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) arm
 * 2) hand

Conjunction

 * 1) ; which, that

Noun

 * 1)  water

Etymology 1
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) ; and, with
 * 2) ; and, also, too
 * 1) ; and, also, too

Etymology 2
From.

Preposition

 * 1) from, away from

Preposition

 * 1) ; as, for

Adverb

 * 1) not

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) earth
 * 2) ground
 * 3) soil
 * 4) land, country, region
 * 5) state

Etymology
. The modern Vietnamese usage of and  is contrary to that of 🇨🇬 and.

Noun

 * 1) ghost (spirit appearing after death)
 * 2)  a demon

Pronoun

 * 1)  one, they indefinite third-person singular pronoun

Noun

 * 1) water

Pronoun

 * 1) my
 * 2) me,
 * 1) me,
 * 1) me,

Pronoun

 * , its

Usage notes
The possessive pronoun ma follows West Makian vowel harmony, and as such may surface as me, mi, or mo.

Determiner

 * 1)  that, those

Conjunction

 * 1) then

Pronoun

 * 1) me first-person singular object pronoun

Etymology 1
Probably related to 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) what interrogative

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) horse

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to halt
 * 2)  to stop

Pronoun

 * 1) we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Etymology 2
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 or or.

Verb

 * 1) to come back; to return

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to stand, to be standing
 * 2)  to stand still, to not move
 * 3)  to stop, to come to a standstill, to halt

Derived terms

 * -mi