# ma
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ma (plural mas)
* (astronomy, usually in the plural) Abbreviation of milli-arcsecond.

### 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 mama, papa, mātēr, and patēr.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑː/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

#### Noun

ma (plural mas)
* (colloquial, and in direct address) mother, mama
    Coordinate term: pa
** 2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48:Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.
* (colloquial) The landlady of a theater.
** 1949, Shaw Desmond, The Edwardian Story, page 322:[…] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]

##### Usage notes

* Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person.
    Hey, Ma, I’d like you to meet my friend Jamie.

##### Synonyms

* mama
* mamma
* mater
* maw
* mom (US)
* mommy (US)
* mother
* mum (British)
* mummy (British)

##### References

* (landlady of a theater): 1984, Jonathon Green, Newspeak.

#### See also

* pa

### Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

#### Noun

ma
* May.

##### Usage notes

* Usually capitalised as Ma.

### Etymology 4

From my.

#### Determiner

ma
* (dialectal, informal) Alternative spelling of my

### Etymology 5

From Cantonese 嘛 (maa$^3$, “of course!”).

#### Particle

ma
* (Manglish, Singlish) Alternative form of mah

### Etymology 6

From Mandarin 嗎／吗 (ma).

#### Particle

ma
* (Chinese Malaysian and Singaporean) Alternative spelling of mah

### Etymology 7

Japanese 間

#### Noun

ma (uncountable)
* (art) Negative space in Japanese art.

### References

* ↑ Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta (2004) “mah”, in A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English

### Anagrams

* A&M, A. M., am, A. & M., AM, 'am, Am., Am, a.m., a. m., A.M.

## Acehnese
### Noun

ma
* mother

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Afar
### Alternative forms

* máa

### Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ma, *mi-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma/ [ˈmʌ]

### Determiner

má (bound form maa-)
* what? what kind of?

#### Derived terms

* malqó

#### Related terms

* macá (“what?”)

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ma (plural ma's)
* mom, mother

#### Synonyms

* mamma
* moeder

#### Antonyms

* pa

#### Derived terms

* ouma

## Ajië
### Conjunction

ma
* and

### References

* Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Akkadian
### Etymology

Unknown. Compare Ge'ez -መ (-mma) (emphatic enclitic).

### Pronunciation

* (Old Babylonian) IPA: /ma/

### Particle

ma
* (enclitic) and, but
* (enclitic) used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses
    𒌓𒈠𒈠 [ūmamma] ― u₄-ma-ma ― this very day

#### Alternative forms

* me, mu

### References

* Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “-ma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* mà, Maa, Mann, Mànn, mo

### Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

### Noun

ma m (Gressoney, Issime)
* man
* husband

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Anaang
### Verb

má
* to love

### Further reading

* Cristiane Benjamin Santos, Aspectos morfossintáticos dos pronomes pessoais em Anaan (2007)
* Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

## Anguthimri
### Noun

ma
* (Mpakwithi) man

### Verb

ma
* (transitive, Mpakwithi) to hear
* (transitive, Mpakwithi) to listen

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

## 'Are'are
### Conjunction

ma
* and

### References

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

## Aromanian
### Etymology 1

From Latin magis. Compare Romanian mai.

#### Adverb

ma
* more

### Etymology 2

From Italian ma.

#### Conjunction

ma
* but, yet
* if

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* mamá

### Etymology

See madre

### Noun

ma f (plural mas)
* mother
    Synonym: madre

## Bambara
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [màꜜà]

#### Noun

ma
* sea cow

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ma (auxiliary)
* (verbal auxiliary) marks an action which is not accomplished
    A ma na fɔlɔHe has not come yet
    Sirajɛ ma taa dɔgɔ laSiraje did not go to the market

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Bavarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ/

### Etymology 1

Unstressed form of mia

#### Pronoun

ma
* me (dative)
* we

#### See also
### Etymology 2

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Compare German man and Dutch men.

#### Pronoun

ma
* one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
    Ma waß nia, wås an erwoat. ― You never know what to expect.
* they, people (people in general)
    Des sågt ma hoid a so. ― That's just the way people say it.
* they (some unspecified group of people)

## Breton
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronoun

ma
* my

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Interjection

ma
* good!

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Conjunction

ma
* that
* if

##### Synonyms

* mar

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Determiner

ma
* Alternative spelling of my (“1st person singular possessive determiner”)

## Caolan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

ma
* horse

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mam, reduced form of Latin meam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ma]
* Homophone: mà

### Determiner

ma
* feminine singular of mon

## Chamorro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mæ/

### Pronoun

ma
* they

#### Usage notes

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

#### References

* Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

## Champenois
### Alternative forms

* (Langrois) mo

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French mes, Latin magis.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ma/

### Noun

ma
* (Troyen, Langrois) but

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Cimbrian
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”).

#### Noun

ma m
* (Tredici Comuni) moon

##### Alternative forms

* maano, må

#### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

### Etymology 2

An unstressed pronunciation of månn (“man”).

#### Pronoun

ma
* (Luserna) one, you (indefinite pronoun)

#### References

* “ma” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Coatepec Nahuatl
### Noun

ma
* hand.

## Dama (Sierra Leone)
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ma
* mother-in-law

### References

* Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

## Dorze
### Noun

ma
* bee (insect)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma
* Rhymes: -aː

### Noun

ma f (plural ma's, diminutive maatje n)
* (informal) mother

#### Synonyms

* mama
* moeder

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: maa

#### See also

* oma
* pa

## Efik
### Verb

má
* love, like

### Further reading

* Bruce Connell, Lower Cross Wordlist

## Estonian
### Etymology

Abbreviation of mina, from Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ/

### Pronoun

ma (genitive mu, partitive mind, long form mina)
* I (1st person singular personal pronoun)

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also
### Further reading

* “ma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “ma”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
* ma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑ
* Hyphenation: ma

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ma
* Abbreviation of maanantai (“Monday”).

#### Further reading

* “ma”, 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 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

See minä; developed through contraction. Compare Estonian ma.

#### Pronoun

ma (poetic, archaic)
* (personal) I

##### Declension

Other forms than the nominative generally align with mä.

##### Synonyms

* minä (standard Finnish; see it for full list)

## Franco-Provençal
### Determiner

ma
* feminine singular of mon

## French
### Etymology

From Old French ma, from Latin meam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/
* Audio:(file)

### Determiner

ma f
* feminine singular of mon
    Ma mère est venue me voir.My mother came to see me.

#### Descendants

* Louisiana Creole: mâ

### Further reading

* “ma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Conjunction

ma
* but

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/, [mä], [mɐ]

### Adverb

ma
* (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of mal.

## Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
### Pronoun

ma
* 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
* 2nd-person plural pronoun: you
* 2nd-person singular possessive pronoun: your
* 2nd-person plural possessive pronoun: your

### See also
## Hawaiian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/, [mə]

### Preposition

ma
* in, at

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Probably related to más.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Adverb

ma
* today
    Synonym: (folksy) máma
    Coordinate terms: holnap, tegnap
** 1975, Imre Kertész, translated by Tim Wilkinson, Sorstalanság, Budapest: Magvető Könyvkiadó (2016), →ISBN, page 5:Ma nem mentem iskolába. Azaz mentem, de csak, hogy hazakéredzkedjem az osztályfőnökömtől.I didn’t go to school today. Or rather, I did go, but only to ask my class teacher’s permission to take the day off.
* (attributively, before any time of day) this …… (morning etc.), to-…… (as in “tonight”)
    ma reggel/délelőtt ― this morning
    ma délután ― this afternoon
    ma este ― this evening
    ma éjjel/éjszaka ― tonight
    ma hajnalban, délben, éjfélkor ― at dawn, noon, midnight today

### Noun

ma (usually uncountable, plural mák)
* (usually preceded by the definite article “a”) today (the present time period; nowadays)

#### Declension

The suffixed singular forms máig, mára, mához, máról, and mától are common, while mát, mának, mával, máért, mában, mánál, mába, and mából 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.

#### Derived terms

* mai
* most
* jobb ma egy veréb, mint holnap egy túzok

#### Related terms

* más

### Further reading

* ma 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
* ma in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mais, Italian ma, Portuguese and Spanish mas, all from Latin magis, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

### Conjunction

ma
* but

#### Synonyms

* sed (archaic)

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Italian ma.

### Conjunction

ma
* but

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Conjunction

ma
* but
** 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

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* mà (misspelling or obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma/$^*$, /ˈma/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: mà

### Conjunction

ma
* but

#### See also

* però
* macché

### Noun

ma f
* Abbreviation of mamma.

### Interjection

ma
* (informal, emphatic) indicates emotion or emphasis
    Ma che carino! ― Oh, how cute!
* (informal) used to introduce a new topic or a question
    Ma...tu sei di Roma? ― So...you're from Rome?

### Further reading

* ma in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Japanese
### Romanization

ma
* The hiragana syllable ま (ma) or the katakana syllable マ (ma) in Hepburn romanization.

## Jarawa
### Etymology

Cognate to Önge mi (“I; me”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

### Pronoun

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

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also

Jarawa pronouns :
| Person | Default form | Accusative form | Prefixed form |
| 1st | mi | ma | m- |
| 2nd | ŋi | ŋa | ŋ- |
| 2nd | ni | na | n- |
| 2nd | ən | | ən- |
| 3rd | hi, əhi | hiwa | h-, hi-, ih-, he-, əh- |
| 3rd | ən (for generic third-person) | | |

### References

* Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 76—85.

## Kabyle
### Conjunction

ma
* if

## Kavalan
### Adverb

ma
* only

### Noun

ma
* daddy; father (term of address)

## Keoru-Ahia
### Noun

ma
* water

### References

* Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

## Kikuyu
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎꜜ/
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.
* (Kiambu)
** (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.

#### Noun

ma
* truth

#### Adverb

ma
* truly

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

ma
* (for class 6) of
    maguta ma mbarĩkicastor oil(literally, “oil of castor bean(s)”)

### References

* ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
* 1 2 “ma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mas, from Latin magis (“more”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Spain):(file)

### Conjunction

ma (Hebrew spelling מה)
* but
    Synonyms: ama, pero
** 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎, archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.
** 2020 January 29, Metin Delevi, “El 27 de Enero es el dia de memoria de las viktimas del Nazismo, del Olokosto…”, in Şalom‎:Devemos de saver ke el antisemitizmo es una de las formas ekstremas del rasizmo ma ay otras formas de rasizmo i devemos de luchar kon todo modo forma del rasizmo.We must know that antisemitism is one of the extreme forms of racism, but there are other forms of racism and we must fight every form of racism.
* why

### References

* ↑ “ma”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Lala (South Africa)
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

### Verb

-má
* to stand

## Lhao Vo
### Etymology

Cognate with Burmese အမွေ (a.mwe).

### Noun

ma
* inheritance
* heirloom

### References

* Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

## Ligurian
### Conjunction

ma
* but

## Linngithigh
### Etymology

From Proto-Paman *pama.

### Noun

ma (ergative mal, dative maw)
* man, person

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* minā

### Etymology

Shorter form of minā.

### Pronoun

ma
* I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker

#### See also

* sinā, sa
* tämā, ta

### References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma]

### Verb

ma
* third-person singular present of měś

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maː/
* Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /ma/.
* Homophone: ma’

### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَا (mā, “not”).

#### Adverb

ma
* not; used to negate verbs and pronominal adverbs
    Illum ma nixrobx. ― I do not drink today.
    Qatt ma nixrob. ― I never drink. / I do not ever drink.
** 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Usage notes

* Generally used together with the negative ending -x attached to the verb or pronominal adverb. This ending is absent, however, when another negative word is used, such as qatt (“never”), ebda (“no, none”), ħadd (“nobody”), xejn (“nothing”).

### Etymology 2

From Arabic مَا (mā, “what”).

#### Pronoun

ma
* (relative) Alternative form of li (“who, which, that”), used in some fossiled expressions
    L-ewwel ma tiekol, l-għajn.You eat with your eyes first.(literally, “The first that eats is the eye.”)
* (obsolete, with comparative adjective) how (as in “how beautiful is...”)
    Synonym: kemm
** ca. 1760, G.P.F. Agius de Soldanis, Discorso tra due contadini sopra le nuove correnti:Rait e Sultana, u makbar u mesbahh ma hi, ma t challi hhasra, ghaliesc i enghat li t-arga mnein giet.Rajt is-Sultana. U ma akbar u ma isbaħ ma hi! Imma tħalli ħasra, għaliex jingħad li terġa’ mnejn ġiet.I saw the Sultana [a captured Turkish ship]. And how big and how beautiful she is! But is a pity, because they say she will go back to where she came from.

##### Derived terms

* bħalma
* kulma

## Mandarin
### Romanization

ma (ma$^5$ / ma$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 么
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗎 / 吗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㕰
ma
* Nonstandard spelling of mā.
* Nonstandard spelling of má.
* Nonstandard spelling of mǎ.
* Nonstandard spelling of mà.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Maonan
### Noun

ma
* dog

## Maricopa
### Noun

ma
* milk

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Adverb

ma
* already

### Particle

ma
* separates the topic from the rest of the sentence.
    Oja ma haku.As for the pan, it is hot.

## Middle English
### Pronoun

ma
* Alternative form of man (“one, you”)

## Mursi
### Etymology

Cognate with Suri ma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mà/, [mà]
* Hyphenation: ma

### Noun

ma (Ethiopic script ማ)
* water
* river

### References

* David Turton, Moges Yigezu, Olisarali Olibui (2008) “ma”, in Mursi-English-Amharic dictionary, →ISBN, page 117
* Firew Girma Worku (2020) A grammar of Mursi, page 123

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

From Latin magis. Compare Italian ma, French mais.

### Conjunction

ma
* but

## Nefamese
### Etymology

From Assamese মা (ma), Early Assamese মাৱ (mawo), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (māyā), from Sanskrit माता (mātā).

### Noun

ma
* mother, mom

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English my.

### Determiner

ma (with tonal diacritic: má)
* my

## North Frisian
### Preposition

ma
* (Mooring) with

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

### Verb

-má
* to stand

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Old Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈma/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈma/

### Pronoun

ma
* (rare) we two (first person dual)
    Synonyms: vě, va

#### Declension
### References

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ma”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maiz. Cognate with Old Frisian mā, Old Saxon mēr, Old Dutch mēr, Old High German mēr, Old Norse meir, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 (mais).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑː/

### Adverb

mā
* more
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Metres of Boethius, lines 85-89
    Mid þȳ is ġetācnod þæt his trēowa sceal, and his mōdġeþonc, mā up þonne niþer habban tō heofonum.By that is betokened, that his trust shall, and his mind, more upwards than downwards aspire to the heavens.
** The Life of Saint Margaret
    Sēo hāliġe fǣmne him andswarode and cwæþ, "Nis mē ālīefed þæt iċ þē tō seċġe, for þon þū neart nā wierðe mīne stefne tō ġehīerenne. Godes bebodu iċ wille ġehīeran and ġecȳðan. And þū, dēofol, ādumba nū, for þon þe iċ nylle nān word mā of þīnum mūðe ġehīeran."The holy virgin answered him and said, "I’m not allowed to tell you, because you don't deserve to hear my voice. God's commandments are what I want to hear and impart. And you, demon, be quiet now, because I don't want to hear one more word out of your mouth."
* further
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
    Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...
* instead, rather

### Adjective

mā (indeclinable)
* more (often + genitive)
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
    Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...

#### Usage notes

The expected comparative and superlative forms of mā, māra and mǣst, occur, but are traditionally considered to be suppletive forms of miċel instead.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin meam.

### Determiner

ma f (masculine mon, plural mes)
* my (first-person singular possessive)

#### Descendants

* French: ma

## Old Frisian
### Pronoun

ma
* one

## Old Irish
### Conjunction

ma
* Alternative spelling of má

## Omaha-Ponca
### Noun

ma
* snow

### References

* Omaha Ponca digital dictionary

## Opao
### Noun

ma
* water

### References

* Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

## Orokolo
### Noun

ma
* water

### References

* Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

## Phalura
### Etymology

From Sanskrit म (ma, “1sg (base of oblique cases)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

### Pronoun

ma (personal, Perso-Arabic spelling مہ)
* I (1sg nom, subject), me (1sg direct object)

#### Alternative forms

* máa- (Forming one phonological word with following postposition or clitic, e.g. máathe 'me, to me' with the 'to'.)

### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ma”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pipil
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maː/

### Particle

mā
* Subjunctive marker
    Nechilwijket ma nikinkwepili mustaThey told me to return it to them tomorrow
    Tikajkawat ma seseya pal tikwatWe leave it to cool down so we can eat it
* Clipping of maka. (Negative imperative marker)
    Ma shina kiuni!Don't say that!

#### Usage notes

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

### Verb

-má
* Clipping of -maka.

## Pitjantjatjara
### Adverb

ma
* away

## Pohnpeian
### Conjunction

ma
* if

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ma

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ma
* third-person singular present indicative of mieć
    Andrzej ma 18 lat. ― Andrzej is 18 years old.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

ma
* (literary) Alternative form of moja.

### Further reading

* ma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɐ/

### Contraction

ma
* Contraction of me a (“her/it to me”).

## Romani
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (mā), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (mā), from Sanskrit मा (mā).

### Particle

ma
* don't (prohibitive particle)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
* Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “ma¹”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 172a
* Marcel Courthiade (2009) “ma (and-e rokhimàta)”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 231a

## Romanian
### Adverb

ma
* Obsolete form of mai.

### References

* ma in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Salar
### Conjunction

ma
* and

## Samoan
### Etymology

Cognate with Maori me and Hawaiian me.

### Conjunction

ma
* and
* because

### Preposition

ma
* with

## Savi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मया (mayā) or another form of अहम् (aham, “I”).

### Pronoun

ma
* I; first-person singular personal pronoun

### References

* Knobloch, Nina (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan‎, Stockholm: Stockholm University

## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/, /mə/

### Determiner

ma
* Alternative form of my

### References

* “my, poss. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.

### Conjunction

ma
* if
    Ma tha thu ’g iarrraidh sin… ― If you want that…
    Ma bhios tu…/Ma bhitheas tu… ― If you will be…/If you are… (habitual)

#### Usage notes

* Where followed by the ‘future’ tense, the corresponding relative verb-form is used.
    Dèan e, ma thogras tu.Do it, if you want.
* In the conditional tense, instead of ma, nan/nam is used in positive sentences and mura/mur/mana in negative ones.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian ma, reinforced by Ancient Greek μά (má); both ultimately from Latin magis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâ/
* Hyphenation: m‧a

### Interjection

mȁ (Cyrillic spelling ма̏)
* bah, whatever
* Placed at the beginning of a sentence to add intensity and surprise
    Ma kako?! ― How?!
    Ma gdje? ― Where in the world...?
    Ma da? ― Really?
    Ma to je on! ― That's definitely him!
* Placed at the beginning of a sentence to express dismissal and indignation
    Ma ne. ― No way.
    Ma daj. ― Oh come on.
    Ma kakvi. ― Impossible.
* Used to emphasize sarcasm
    Ma da!/Ma svakako!/Ma naravno! ― Yeah, sure.
    Ma nemoj. ― Oh you don't say?
    Ma nikad niste vi krivi. ― Of course it can never be your fault.

## Situ
### Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma.

### Particle

ma
* not, no; negative particle

### Further reading

* M. Prins, A Grammar of rGyalrong, Jiǎomùzú (Kyom-kyo) Dialects: A Web of Relations (2016) (and earlier A Web of Relations: A Grammar of rGyalrong, Jiǎomùzú (Kyom-kyo) Dialects, 2011)

## Slovak
### Alternative forms

* mňa

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma]

### Pronoun

ma
* genitive/accusative of ja

## Spanish
### Noun

ma f (plural mas)
* (Latin America) mum; mom

### Further reading

* “ma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

ma
* Romanization of 𒈠 (ma)

## Suri
### Noun

mà
* water

### References

* 1999, Michael Bryant, Aspects of Tirmaga Grammar (in notes, as ma)
* Michael Bryant, A Brief Grammar of the Suri Language (2011) (as mà)

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

### Verb

-́ma
* to stand
* to stop, to wait

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ma/ [mɐ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ma

### Etymology 1

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜋ (ma).

#### Noun

ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) em, (in the Abecedario) eme

#### See also

* mama

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
* Clipping of mama: mom

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ma (Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
* (zoology) mollusk with a shell that looks like a coat of mail

### Further reading

* “ma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* am

## Tahitian
### Conjunction

ma
* and

### Preposition

ma
* with

## Tairuma
### Noun

ma
* Alternative form of ma'a

### References

* Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

## Tat
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian ماه (mâh).

### Noun

ma
* moon

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [maː˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [maː˦˥]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”). Cognate with Thai หมา (mǎa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ, Lao ໝາ (mā), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Lü ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Shan မႃ (mǎa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Zhuang ma, Saek หม่า.

#### Noun

ma (𬍄)
* (zoology) dog

##### Synonyms

* cẩu

##### Derived terms

* ma eo
* ma han
* ma khuyển
* ma nhat
* ma nuầy
* ma sleng
* ma sluông
* ma thầu

#### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

### Etymology 2

From Vietnamese ma.

#### Noun

ma (魔)
* ghost

## Teanu
### Etymology

From Proto-Vanikoro *ma, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

### Noun

ma
* arm
* hand

### References

* François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry ma.
* François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry ma.
* Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

### Conjunction

ma
* relative clause introducer; which, that
    Synonym: yang

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Toaripi
### Noun

ma
* (Toaripi, Kaipi, Sepoe) water

### References

* Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma]
* Hyphenation: ma

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ma. Cognates include Maori mā and Samoan ma.

#### Conjunction

ma
* Joins noun clauses; and, with
** 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.
* Joins verb clauses; and, also, too
** 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ma.

#### Preposition

ma
* from, away from

### Etymology 3
#### Preposition

ma
* Marks a prospective role of the subject; as, for

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 198

## Tz'utujil
### Adverb

ma
* not

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ma
* earth
* ground
* soil
* land, country, region
* state

#### Derived terms

* kodima
* kosmosma
* kuivma
* linma
* mail'm
* makar
* makondi
* makovandez
* maleveduz'pird
* manaluine
* manedustai
* mankaivai
* manmäričii
* manparemboituz
* manpidäi
* manradai
* manrehkaiduz
* mansüvüded
* mantedo
* manvägituz
* mapiduz'pird
* mapolišk
* mapähkim
* maröunanvarjoičii
* maujui
* mavezieläi
* mavoi
* pämante
* sinižma
* tagama
* veraz ma

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “грунт, держава, земля, почва, свет, страна”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 魔.
The modern Vietnamese usage of ma (“ghost”) and quỷ (“demon; ogre”) is contrary to that of Mandarin 魔 (mó, “demon”) and 鬼 (guǐ, “ghost”). This can be exemplified in the pair ma đói vs. 餓鬼 / 饿鬼 (ngạ quỷ, “preta”).

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [maː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maː˧˧]

### Noun

(classifier con) ma
* ghost (spirit appearing after death)
* (archaic) a demon
    Synonym: quỷ

#### Derived terms

* đám ma
* đi đời nhà ma
* hồn ma
* lắm thầy nhiều ma
* ma cây
* ma chay
* ma cỏ
* ma da
* ma lai
* ma mãnh
* ma men
* ma trơi
* ma xó
* phim ma
* tang ma
* tha ma
* thây ma

### Romanization

ma
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 魔

#### Derived terms

* ác ma
* ma đạo
* ma đế
* ma giáo
* ma giới
* ma lực
* ma nhân
* ma nữ
* ma quái
* ma quỷ
* ma thuật
* ma vương
* tà ma ngoại đạo

### Anagrams

* am

## Vilamovian
### Pronoun

ma
* (indefinite) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)

## Vilela
### Noun

ma
* water

### References

* Bernard Comrie, Lucía Golluscio, Language Contact and Documentation (2015, →ISBN
* Bartolomé Tavera-Acosta, En el sur: (Dialectos indígenas de Venezuela) (1907)

## Warao
### Alternative forms

* m-

### Pronoun

ma
* my
    Ma rahe hakaya.My brother runs.
    Natu ma tatutuma iji minajara?Granny, have you not seen my wives?
* me, accusative of iné
    Ma hube abuae.A snake bit me.
    Ihi ma isiko naonahara?Don't you come with me?

### References

* Focus, chapter 8: Warao and Urarina
* Languages with Wilf, Comparison: Warao vs. Warray
* ↑ Vaquero 1965.274, 278
* ↑ Romero-Figueroa 1985a.109

## West Makian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

#### Pronoun

ma
* (animate) third-person possessive pronoun, its
    mene me mo oma ― this is his child (literally, “this (is) he his child”)
    da kabi mo gou ― the goat's leg

##### Usage notes

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

##### Alternative forms

* me, mi, mo

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

#### Determiner

ma
* (distal) that, those
    Synonym: mema
    Antonym: ne
    pala ma ilamo ― that house is large
    oma ma ― those children

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma/

#### Conjunction

ma
* then
    toi ipongi, ma tasagal yo ― if it rains, then I won't go

### References

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

## Wolof
### Pronoun

ma
* me (first-person singular object pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular subject | plural subject | singular object | plural object |
| 1st person | man | nun | ma | nu |
| 2nd person | yow | yeen | la | leen |
| 3rd person | moom | ñoom | ko | leen |

## Wutunhua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɑ]

### Etymology 1

Probably related to Mandarin 麼／么 (me).

#### Pronoun

ma
* what (interrogative)

##### Related terms

* mashema (“why”)

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 馬 / 马 (mǎ).

#### Noun

ma
* horse

### References

* Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
* Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

### Verb

-̂ma
* (intransitive) to halt
* (intransitive) to stop

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* ummi

## Yola
### Verb

ma
* Alternative form of mye (“may”)
** 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 2:When ye Lord plaase, He ma mend this,[When the Lord please, He may mend this,]

### References

* 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 137

## Zazaki
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ma

### Pronoun

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

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ma˨˦/
* Tone numbers: ma$^1$
* Hyphenation: ma

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”). Cognate with Thai หมา (mǎa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ, Lao ໝາ (mā), Lü ᦖᦱ (ṁaa), Tai Dam ꪢꪱ, Shan မႃ (mǎa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥴ (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), Saek หม่า.

#### Noun

ma (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 𬌫 or 獁 or 𬍄 or 𰡪 or 䭾 or 庅 or 犸 or 𭸱, 1957–1982 spelling ma)
* dog

##### Derived terms

* mabag
* ma'byaeuq
* madwknyaen
* madwkroeg
* mafan
* magaet
* magaeuj
* mageq
* ma'gyaep
* manaez
* maningq
* ma'ngauz
* ma'nyoengq
* ma'nyungz
* masauq
* masae
* mavangh
* maamq
* maoep

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Thai มา (maa), Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

#### Verb

ma (Sawndip forms 庲 or ⿸广末 or 么 or 麻 or ⿸广处 or 𮜃 or ⿰么馬 or ⿰㐅馬 or 𫹞 or 駡, 1957–1982 spelling ma)
* to come back; to return

##### See also

* maz

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ma.

### Verb

-má
* (intransitive) to stand, to be standing
* (intransitive) to stand still, to not move
* (intransitive) to stop, to come to a standstill, to halt

#### Derived terms

* -mi
* isimo
* umumo

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ma”