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See also: Maa and Appendix:Variations of "maa"

English

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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maa

  1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.

Verb

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maa (third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)

  1. (intransitive) To make such a sound.
    • 1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore, page 126:
      Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...
    • 2000, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes:
      Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. The cows mooed, the sheep maaed […]

Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː/ [ˈmaː]
  • Hyphenation: maa

Determiner

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máa

  1. Alternative form of má

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “maa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

'Are'are

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Noun

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maa

  1. eye
  2. snake

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Barunggam

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Noun

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maa

  1. hand

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈʔa/ [mɐˈʔa]
  • IPA(key): /ˈma/ [ˈma]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧a

Adjective

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maá (Badlit spelling ᜋᜀ)

  1. Alternative form of mala (“dry”)

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Finnish maa and Karelian mua.

Noun

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maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground
  4. country
  5. countryside
  6. rural
  7. agri

Declension

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Declension of maa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maa maad
accusative nom.
gen. maa
genitive maade
partitive maad maid
maasid
illative maasse
maha 		maadesse
maisse
inessive maas maades
mais
elative maast maadest
maist
allative maale maadele
maile
adessive maal maadel
mail
ablative maalt maadelt
mailt
translative maaks maadeks
maiks
terminative maani maadeni
essive maana maadena
abessive maata maadeta
comitative maaga maadega

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.[1] Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua, Erzya мастор (mastor)[2] (initial component), Komi-Zyrian му (mu), Udmurt му (mu), Northern Mansi ма̄ (mā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maa

  1. ground, land (surface of the Earth, especially that which is not covered by water)
    Panin sen maahan.
    I put it on the ground.
    1. (by extension) ground, floor, down (physically lower, no matter the material)
      Hän on maassa.
      He is on the ground. (after being hit)
  2. soil, earth (material)
    Synonym: multa
    tonni maata ― a ton of soil
    Maasta sinä olet, ja maaksi pitää sinun jälleen tuleman.
    Dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  3. country (territory of a nation)
    mennä maahan ― to go into the country (e.g. Spain)
    Hän on maassa.
    He is in the country. (within the national boundary)
    Jokainen kuiva alue maapallolla Antarktista lukuun ottamatta kuuluu johonkin maahan.
    Every dry part of land on Earth, apart from Antarctica, is part of some country.
  4. land (area of land, as property or for farming, etc.)
    Omistan maata.
    I own (some) land.
    Nämä ovat Sakkolan isännän maita.
    These are lands belonging to the lord/master of Sakkola.
  5. countryside (area outside of towns and cities, or such part of a larger area)
    Synonym: maaseutu
    mennä maalle ― to go to the countryside
    Hän on maalla.
    He is in the countryside.
    Muutin maalta kaupunkiin.
    I moved into the city from the countryside.
  6. (card games) suit
    Mikä maa on valttia?
    Which suit is the trump suit?
  7. (electronics) ground, earth (electrical conductor connected to the earth)
    Kytkimien toinen jalka kytketään maahan.
    One of the two connectors of the switch will be connected to the ground.

Usage notes

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The many senses of maa are commonly distinguished by the case forms used.

Declension

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Inflection of maa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative maa maat
genitive maan maiden
maitten
partitive maata maita
illative maahan maihin
singular plural
nominative maa maat
accusative nom. maa maat
gen. maan
genitive maan maiden
maitten
partitive maata maita
inessive maassa maissa
elative maasta maista
illative maahan maihin
adessive maalla mailla
ablative maalta mailta
allative maalle maille
essive maana maina
translative maaksi maiksi
abessive maatta maitta
instructive — main
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maani maani
accusative nom. maani maani
gen. maani
genitive maani maideni
maitteni
partitive maatani maitani
inessive maassani maissani
elative maastani maistani
illative maahani maihini
adessive maallani maillani
ablative maaltani mailtani
allative maalleni mailleni
essive maanani mainani
translative maakseni maikseni
abessive maattani maittani
instructive — —
comitative — maineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maasi maasi
accusative nom. maasi maasi
gen. maasi
genitive maasi maidesi
maittesi
partitive maatasi maitasi
inessive maassasi maissasi
elative maastasi maistasi
illative maahasi maihisi
adessive maallasi maillasi
ablative maaltasi mailtasi
allative maallesi maillesi
essive maanasi mainasi
translative maaksesi maiksesi
abessive maattasi maittasi
instructive — —
comitative — mainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maamme maamme
accusative nom. maamme maamme
gen. maamme
genitive maamme maidemme
maittemme
partitive maatamme maitamme
inessive maassamme maissamme
elative maastamme maistamme
illative maahamme maihimme
adessive maallamme maillamme
ablative maaltamme mailtamme
allative maallemme maillemme
essive maanamme mainamme
translative maaksemme maiksemme
abessive maattamme maittamme
instructive — —
comitative — mainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maanne maanne
accusative nom. maanne maanne
gen. maanne
genitive maanne maidenne
maittenne
partitive maatanne maitanne
inessive maassanne maissanne
elative maastanne maistanne
illative maahanne maihinne
adessive maallanne maillanne
ablative maaltanne mailtanne
allative maallenne maillenne
essive maananne mainanne
translative maaksenne maiksenne
abessive maattanne maittanne
instructive — —
comitative — mainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative maansa maansa
accusative nom. maansa maansa
gen. maansa
genitive maansa maidensa
maittensa
partitive maataan
maatansa 		maitaan
maitansa
inessive maassaan
maassansa 		maissaan
maissansa
elative maastaan
maastansa 		maistaan
maistansa
illative maahansa maihinsa
adessive maallaan
maallansa 		maillaan
maillansa
ablative maaltaan
maaltansa 		mailtaan
mailtansa
allative maalleen
maallensa 		mailleen
maillensa
essive maanaan
maanansa 		mainaan
mainansa
translative maakseen
maaksensa 		maikseen
maiksensa
abessive maattaan
maattansa 		maittaan
maittansa
instructive — —
comitative — maineen
mainensa

Derived terms

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adjectives
adverbs
nouns
suffixes
verbs
compounds

References

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “maa”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210127215653/http://uralistica.com/m/blogpost?id=2161342%3ABlogPost%3A227903

Further reading

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Gamilaraay

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Gamilaraay cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : maa

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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The sense "five" is a recent extension during the efforts to revitalise Gamilaraay, drawn from the fact that many languages use the same word for "hand" and "five", and that this semantic extension was also used to derive the word for "five" in other Indigenous Australian languages which traditionally did not have a word for "five".

Noun

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maa

  1. hand (part of the body)
  2. finger

Numeral

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maa

  1. five

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I am not sure if these are different etymologies”)

Noun

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maa

  1. totem
  2. marks made on rugs and weapons to indicate the totem of their manufacturer/owner

References

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  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Guruntum

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Noun

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maa

  1. water

References

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  • Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 81

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maa

  1. earth
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Paljo uutta ja interesnoita töö saatta tiitä maast, kus möö elämmä.
      You will get to know a lot of new and interesting things about the earth, where we live.
  2. soil
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Alemmas pintamaa ain muuttijaa, ain vaaliammaks ja viimen männöö samalaiseks, ku i alumain maa.
      Further down the topsoil always changes, always lighter and finally becomes just like the underlying soil.
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:
      Punain armia ja flootta hoitaat meijen maata.
      The Red Army and Fleet protect our country.
  6. floor (bottom part of a room)
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Kirjan viskais maaha.
      He threw the book onto the floor.

Declension

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Declension of maa (type 8/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maa maat
genitive maan maijen
partitive maata maita
illative maaha maihe
inessive maas mais
elative maast maist
allative maalle maille
adessive maal mail
ablative maalt mailt
translative maaks maiks
essive maanna, maan mainna, main
exessive1) maant maint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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  • laki (“ceiling”)

References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ма”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 677
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 300
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[5], →ISBN, page 73

Iu Mien

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Noun

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maa 

  1. mother

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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maa

  1. obsolete typography of må

Nzadi

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Noun

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màá (plural màá)

  1. mother

Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin malam.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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maa

  1. feminine singular of mao

Descendants

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  • Galician: má
  • Portuguese: má

Ottawa

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Adverb

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maa

  1. there

References

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Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 141

Swedish

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Etymology

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Initialism of med anledning av.

Preposition

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maa

  1. because of, due to
    Synonym: p.g.a.

Võro

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.

Noun

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maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside

Inflection

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Inflection of maa
singular plural
nominative maa maaq
accusative maa maaq
genitive maa maiõ
partitive maad maid
illative maahõ
maahtõ 		maihõ
maihtõ
inessive maan
maahn 		main
maihn
elative maast maist
allative maalõ mailõ
adessive maal mail
ablative maalt mailt
translative maas mais
terminative maaniq mainiq
abessive maaldaq maildaq
comitative maagaq maiõgaq

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Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maa

  1. earth
  2. soil
  3. land
  4. ground
  5. country
  6. countryside

Inflection

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Declension of maa (type I/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maa maad
genitive maa maijõ
partitive maatõ maitõ
illative mahha, mahasõ maisõ
inessive maaz maiz
elative maassõ maissõ
allative maalõ mailõ
adessive maallõ maillõ
ablative maaltõ mailtõ
translative maassi maissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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maa

  1. (transitive) to hold
  2. (transitive) to seize

Conjugation

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Conjugation of maa (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tamaa mamaa amaa
2nd person namaa famaa
3rd person inanimate imaa damaa
animate
imperative namaa, maa famaa, maa

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[6], Pacific linguistics

Yanomamö

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Noun

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maa

  1. rain

References

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  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎[7] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yola

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Verb

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maa

  1. Alternative form of mye
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 15:
      Maa bee haghed i more caar an angish than Ich."
      May be upset in more care and hardship than I."

References

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  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /máā/, [máā~mã́ã̄]

Particle

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máa

  1. Used to express the future tense.
    Synonyms: á, yóò, óò
    Antonym: kò ní í
    Mo máa lọ sí Èkó l'ọdún tí ó ń bọ̀.
    I'll be going to Lagos next year.
  2. Used to express the durative tense in commands.
    Ẹ máa rọra o! ― Be careful! (literally, “Keep being careful!”)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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màá or maa

  1. Contraction of èmi á (“I'll”).
    Màá lọ rí ọ̀rẹ́ mi lọ́tùn-únla.
    I'll go see my friend the day after tomorrow.
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