maga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maga"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maga.

Noun

maga

1. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood.

Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡa/

Particle

maga

1. no, not so, it is not

References

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.14.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

Breton

Verb

maga

1. to feed

Catalan

Noun

maga f (plural magues)

1. female equivalent of mag

Galician

Etymology

Attested in the 12th century in local Latin documents. From Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *magô (“stomach”). Cognate of English maw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣa̝/

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. guts (of fish)
   • 1973, Álvaro Cunqueiro, A Cociña Galega, Vigo: Galaxia, page 106:

     A sardiña fresca ou revenida, debe ir á parrilla enteira, con toda a súa maga ou tripa, e sin escamar

     The sardines, either fresh or salted, must be grilled with their guts or entrails, and with their scales

Derived terms

• magueiro
• esmagar

Further reading

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of mag (“body”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix). This original meaning of the root word cannot be found in Hungarian, but it is attested in related languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Pronoun

maga (plural maguk)

2. (personal) you (formal, singular)

Usage notes

There is some stylistic difference between maga and ön, although both are used with the formal third-person verb forms. For historical reasons, maga is generally held to be somewhat disrespectful or even deprecating between speakers of the same social status and age, though it is still widely used one-sidedly in conversations where one of the speakers is superior in status (e.g. by a teacher). It is also the preferred form of address in more familiar relations and among older generations or those living in rural communities.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	maga	—
accusative	magát	—
dative	magának	—
instrumental	magával	—
causal-final	magáért	—
translative	magává	—
terminative	magáig	—
essive-formal	magaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	magában	—
superessive	magán	—
adessive	magánál	—
illative	magába	—
sublative	magára	—
allative	magához	—
elative	magából	—
delative	magáról	—
ablative	magától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	magáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	magáéi	—

Derived terms

• magáz → magázódik

 

See also

• ön
• te

 

Pronoun

maga

2. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself

   Péter lelőtte magát. ― Peter has shot himself.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	maga	—
accusative	magát	—
dative	magának	—
instrumental	magával	—
causal-final	magáért	—
translative	magává	—
terminative	magáig	—
essive-formal	magaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	magában	—
superessive	magán	—
adessive	magánál	—
illative	magába	—
sublative	magára	—
allative	magához	—
elative	magából	—
delative	magáról	—
ablative	magától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	magáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	magáéi	—

• With different persons:

  magam, magad, maga, magunk, magatok, maguk

Derived terms

Compound words

• egymaga
• jómaga
• magafajta
• magaféle
• magaforma
• magatartás
• önmaga

 

Expressions

• ki-ki a maga szerencséjének kovácsa
• maga alatt vágja a fát
• magához tér
• mindenkinek megvan a maga keresztje

 

Further reading

• (oneself): maga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([formal] you): maga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

maga

1. inflection of magi:
   1. indefinite accusative
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: mà‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

maga f (plural maghe)

1. female equivalent of mago

Adjective

maga f sg

1. feminine singular of mago

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maga

1. inflection of magare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English meager/meagre.

Adjective

maga

1. Alternative spelling of mawga
   • Sorry fe maga dog, maga dog, turn round bite you — Peter Tosh, Maga Dog, 1964

Japanese

Romanization

maga

1. Rōmaji transcription of まが

Latin

Pronunciation

• maga: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa/, [ˈmäɡä]
• maga: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa/, [ˈmäːɡä]
• magā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡaː/, [ˈmäɡäː]
• magā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa/, [ˈmäːɡä]

Noun

maga f (genitive magae); first declension

1. a witch, an enchantress, a (female) magician

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maga	magae
genitive	magae	magārum
dative	magae	magīs
accusative	magam	magās
ablative	magā	magīs
vocative	maga	magae

Adjective

maga

1. inflection of magus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

magā

1. ablative feminine singular of magus

References

• “maga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

maga (present tense magar, past tense maga, past participle maga, passive infinitive magast, present participle magande, imperative maga/mag)

1. Alternative spelling of mage

Old English

Etymology 1

From the verb magan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑ.ɣɑ]

Adjective

maga

1. capable

Declension

Declension of maga — Weak only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	maga	mage	mage
Accusative	magan	magan	mage
Genitive	magan	magan	magan
Dative	magan	magan	magan
Instrumental	magan	magan	magan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	magan	magan	magan
Accusative	magan	magan	magan
Genitive	magra, magena	magra, magena	magra, magena
Dative	magum	magum	magum
Instrumental	magum	magum	magum

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *magō.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian maga (West Frisian mage), Old Saxon mago (Low German mage), Middle Dutch maghe (Dutch maag), Old High German mago (German Magen), Old Norse magi (Swedish mage,

Norwegian mage, stomach). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Celtic *makno- (Welsh megin (“bellows”)), Proto-Slavic *mošьnā (Old Church Slavonic мошьна (mošĭna), Russian мошна́ (mošná, “pocket, bag”)), Baltic *maka- (Lithuanian mãkas (“purse”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

maga m

1. stomach
2. maw

Declension

Declension of maga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	maga	magan
accusative	magan	magan
genitive	magan	magena
dative	magan	magum

Descendants

• Middle English: maȝe, maghe, mawe
  • English: maw
  • Scots: mawe, maw

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *māg.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian mēch (“relative, kinsman”), Old Saxon māg (“a relation”), Old High German māg (“relative, kinsman”), Old Norse mágr (“father-in-law”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”). More at may.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑː.ɣɑ]

Noun

māga m

2. son
3. relative
   • "The Wife's Lament"

     Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

     The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

Declension

Declension of māga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	māga	māgan
accusative	māgan	māgan
genitive	māgan	māgena
dative	māgan	māgum

Related terms

• mǣġ

Descendants

• Middle English: maȝe, mæȝe, mæi, mei, mey (merged with descendant of Old English mǣġ)
  • English: may (“kinsman”) (obsolete)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑː.ɣɑ]

Noun

māga

1. genitive plural of mǣġ

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

maga

1. inflection of magu:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/acc/gen plural

Old Norse

Noun

maga

1. indefinite genitive plural of mǫgr

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: ma‧ga

Verb

maga

1. third-person singular present of magać

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡɐ/ [ˈma.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ga

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. female equivalent of mago

Adjective

maga

1. feminine singular of mago

Spanish

Etymology 1

See mago.

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. female magician, female conjurer

Related terms

• mago m

 

Adjective

maga

1. feminine singular of mago

Etymology 2

Attested since Europeans began to encroach on Puerto Rico, a local Taíno formation one would believe.

Alternative forms

• mara

Noun

maga m (plural magas)

1. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood

Further reading

• “mago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀa, compare Maranao mara.

Adjective

magá

1. dry