# masi
## 'Are'are
### Verb

masi
* to laugh

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English macy / maci, from Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî). Compare English muah chee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmasi/ [ˈma.s̪ɪ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧si

### Noun

masi
* a rice cake ball, made using boiled ground glutinous rice, with minced toasted peanuts and sugar as filling

## Doe
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

### Noun

masi
* water

### References

* ASJP, citing Franz Stuhlmann, Wortlisten zentralafrikanscher Stämme, Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen VII (1916-1917), 257-308

## Dogrib

masi
* Alternative spelling of ması̀

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Russian slang маз (maz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑsi/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠i]
* Rhymes: -ɑsi
* Hyphenation: ma‧si

### Noun

masi
* (military slang) a conscript who has almost finished his service

#### Declension

Possessive forms of masi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masini
masini
accusative
nom.
masini
masini
gen.
masini
genitive
masini
masieni
partitive
masiani
masejani
inessive
masissani
maseissani
elative
masistani
maseistani
illative
masiini
maseihini
adessive
masillani
maseillani
ablative
masiltani
maseiltani
allative
masilleni
maseilleni
essive
masinani
maseinani
translative
masikseni
maseikseni
abessive
masittani
maseittani
instructive
comitative
—maseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masisi
masisi
accusative
nom.
masisi
masisi
gen.
masisi
genitive
masisi
masiesi
partitive
masiasi
masejasi
inessive
masissasi
maseissasi
elative
masistasi
maseistasi
illative
masiisi
maseihisi
adessive
masillasi
maseillasi
ablative
masiltasi
maseiltasi
allative
masillesi
maseillesi
essive
masinasi
maseinasi
translative
masiksesi
maseiksesi
abessive
masittasi
maseittasi
instructive
comitative
—maseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masimme
masimme
accusative
nom.
masimme
masimme
gen.
masimme
genitive
masimme
masiemme
partitive
masiamme
masejamme
inessive
masissamme
maseissamme
elative
masistamme
maseistamme
illative
masiimme
maseihimme
adessive
masillamme
maseillamme
ablative
masiltamme
maseiltamme
allative
masillemme
maseillemme
essive
masinamme
maseinamme
translative
masiksemme
maseiksemme
abessive
masittamme
maseittamme
instructive
comitative
—maseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masinne
masinne
accusative
nom.
masinne
masinne
gen.
masinne
genitive
masinne
masienne
partitive
masianne
masejanne
inessive
masissanne
maseissanne
elative
masistanne
maseistanne
illative
masiinne
maseihinne
adessive
masillanne
maseillanne
ablative
masiltanne
maseiltanne
allative
masillenne
maseillenne
essive
masinanne
maseinanne
translative
masiksenne
maseiksenne
abessive
masittanne
maseittanne
instructive
comitative
—maseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
masinsa
masinsa
accusative
nom.
masinsa
masinsa
gen.
masinsa
genitive
masinsa
masiensa
partitive
masiaan masiansa
masejaan masejansa
inessive
masissaan masissansa
maseissaan maseissansa
elative
masistaan masistansa
maseistaan maseistansa
illative
masiinsa
maseihinsa
adessive
masillaan masillansa
maseillaan maseillansa
ablative
masiltaan masiltansa
maseiltaan maseiltansa
allative
masilleen masillensa
maseilleen maseillensa
essive
masinaan masinansa
maseinaan maseinansa
translative
masikseen masiksensa
maseikseen maseiksensa
abessive
masittaan masittansa
maseittaan maseittansa
instructive
comitative
—maseineen maseinensa :

#### Hypernyms

* varusmies

### Further reading

* “masi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Sami, Siam, amis, siam, sima

## Ido
### Noun

masi
* plural of maso

## Italian
### Noun

masi m
* plural of maso

### Anagrams

* Misa, mais, mi sa, siam

## Khasi
### Noun

masi
* cow

## Kuna
### Noun

masi
* food

## Matengo
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

### Noun

masi
* water

### References

* Matengo Folktales (1999)
* Nobuko Yoneda, Classified vocabulary of the Matengo language (2006)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* मसि (Devanagari script)
* মসি (Bengali script)
* මසි (Sinhalese script)
* မသိ (Burmese script)
* มสิ or มะสิ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ມສິ or ມະສິ (Lao script)
* មសិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄥𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

masi m
* soot; charcoal dust

## Quechua
### Adjective

masi
* equal

### Noun

masi
* comrade, colleague, peer, friend

#### Derived terms

* yachakuq masi

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masi₁ (“product of fermentation”) (compare with Tahitian mahi (“paste/meal of fermented breadfruit”) and Maori māhī (“to ferment”)) from Proto-Oceanic *maqasin (“salt”) (compare with Tongan māsima and Fijian masima, doublet of māsima; all “salt”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin (compare with Malay masin (“salty”) and Tagalog asin (“salt”)).

### Noun

masi
* meal of fermented ripe fruit from either ʻulu or bananas

### References

* 1 2 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “masi.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* 1 2 Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 158-60

## Sranan Tongo
### Verb

masi
* to squash
* to crush

## Tongan
### Etymology

Likely from English match.

### Noun

masi
* lighter, cigarette lighter

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.s̪i/

### Verb

masi
* (stative) to be finished, completed; for nothing to be left

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics