Ma

Etymology 2
The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants.

Noun

 * 1)  mother, mama

Usage notes

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

Synonyms




Etymology 3
Abbreviation.

Noun

 * 1) May

Usage notes

 * Usually capitalised as Ma.

Etymology 4
From my

Etymology 5
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Noun

 * 1) mother

Noun

 * 1) mom, mother

Conjunction

 * 1) and

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

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

Noun

 * 1) mother

Noun

 * 1) sea cow

Pronoun

 * 1) my

Interjection

 * 1) good!

Conjunction

 * 1) that
 * 2) if

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. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  moon

Etymology 2
An unstressed pronunciation of. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 for a similar construct.

Pronoun

 * 1)  one, you

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

Pronoun

 * 1) I;

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
See.

Pronoun

 * 1)  I

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

Noun

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

Declension
Its plural and (single- and multiple-possession) possessive forms are hardly if ever used. The suffixed singular forms, , , , and are common, while , , , , , , ,  occur mostly in a figurative sense, referring to the present time. The phrase is commonly used in its literal sense, adding suffixes to  instead of this term.

Etymology
Borrowed from, , from , from.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) * 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
 * Ma sulo i tuoi bai uoci, anema meîa,
 * But only your beautiful eyes, oh soul of mine
 * But only your beautiful eyes, oh soul of mine

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Interjection

 * 1)  Indicates emotion or emphasis.
 *  Ma che carino! - Oh, how cute!
 * 1)  Used to introduce a new topic or a question.
 * Ma...tu sei di Roma? - So...you're from Rome?

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.

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
See etymology at Finnish.

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

Romanization




Noun

 * 1) milk

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) but

Etymology
From.

Determiner

 * 1) my

Preposition

 * 1)  with

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to stand

Conjunction

 * 1) but

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

Adverb

 * 1) more

Adjective

 * 1) more
 * 2) * The Life of Saint Margaret

Noun

 * 1) more

Etymology
From.

Determiner

 * 1) my (first-person singular possessive)

Pronoun

 * 1) one

Noun

 * 1) water

Noun

 * 1) water

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

Conjunction

 * 1) and
 * 2) because

Preposition

 * 1) with

Etymology
From or another form of.

Pronoun

 * 1) I;

Etymology
From, , apocopated form of , , from , from (genitive of ), from.

Determiner

 * 1) my

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

Conjunction

 * 1) if

Usage notes

 * If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense 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.

Interjection

 * 1) bah, whatever

Etymology
.

Particle

 * 1) not, no;

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From.

Verb

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

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Preposition

 * 1) with

Noun

 * 1)  water

Adverb

 * 1) not

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

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

Etymology 1
A.

From

Noun

 * 1) ghost (spirit appearing after death)

Noun

 * 1)  a demon
 * 2)  magic

Pronoun

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

Noun

 * 1) water

Pronoun

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

Pronoun

 * 1) me first-person singular object pronoun

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