# maka
## English
### Etymology

From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːkə

### Noun

maka (plural makas)
* (chiefly Hawaii) eye
    Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".
    I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.
** 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.
** 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...
** 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:Open your makas, man!

### Anagrams

* Kama, kama

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Verb

maka
* to give.

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ka/, [ˈmɐ.kə]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tahitian mata.

#### Noun

maka
* (anatomy) eye (organ)
* face
* bud
* beloved one
* mesh of a net

##### Derived terms

* waimaka (“tears”)

##### Descendants

* → English: maka

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tokelauan mata.

#### Verb

maka
* (stative) raw (undercooked)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːka

### Noun

maka
* inflection of maki:
** indefinite accusative
** indefinite dative singular
** indefinite genitive

### Noun

maka
* indefinite genitive of mök

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay maka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaka/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ka
* Rhymes: -ka, -a

### Conjunction

maka
* so
* therefore

#### Usage notes

The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu".

#### Derived terms

* makanya

### Further reading

* “maka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jamamadí
### Noun

maka
* (Banawá) snake

### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

maka
* Rōmaji transcription of まか

## Latvian
### Noun

maka m
* genitive singular of maks

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaka/

### Noun

maka
* inflection of mak:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

## Maori
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

maka
* throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands)
* place, put, put in
    Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana.Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

maka
* fish hook
    Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu.Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his his fish-hook as bait.

### Etymology 3

Borrowing from English mug.

#### Noun

maka
* mug
    He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa.Mugs, twopence or four pence.

## Mwani
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Noun

maka
* cat

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

See maki (“match, partner”)

#### Noun

maka f (genitive mǫku)
* female mate

##### Related terms

* maki m

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: maka f
* Swedish: maka c

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

maka
* accusative/dative/genitive singular of maki

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “maka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Pipil
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Izalco) IPA: /ˈmaka/
* (Witzapan) IPA: /ˈmaɣa/

#### Verb

-maka
* (transitive) to give
    Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.
* (transitive, informal) to punish; to hit
    Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.

##### Alternative forms

* (shortened) -ma

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

maka
* Negative imperative marker
    Maka shimutalukan kalijtikDon't run inside (the house)

##### Alternative forms

* (shortened) mā

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Compare Jamaican Creole macca, Jamaican Creole macka.

### Noun

maka
* thorn, barb, spine, spike

#### Derived terms

* bambamaka
* blakamaka
* bofrumaka
* bolomaka
* brantimaka
* bugrumaka
* droifimaka
* dyindyamaka
* kawmaka
* keskesimaka
* kwatamaka
* maka-alata
* makafisi
* makakrapa
* makamaka
* makanyamsi
* makaperi
* makasneki
* makatiki
* makatitei
* nyamsimaka
* obemaka
* paramaka
* popokaimaka
* todomaka
* wetimaka

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-maka (infinitive kumaka)
* to exclaim surprise

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -maka :
| Positive present | -namaka |
| Subjunctive | -make |
| Negative | -maki |
| Imperative singular | maka |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kumaka |
| Negative | kutomaka |
Imperatives :
| Singular | maka |
| Plural | makeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | humaka |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -limaka |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kumaka |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tamaka |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tamaka |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -simake |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngemaka |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singemaka |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalimaka |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalimaka |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -memaka |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshamaka |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jamaka |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kimaka |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipomaka |
| Consecutive | kamaka / positive subject concord + -kamaka |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kamake |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑːˌka/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make.

#### Noun

maka c
* spouse; wife; married woman

##### Synonyms

* fru
* hustru

##### Antonyms

* make
* man

##### Derived terms

* kaka söker maka

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, see also German machen.

#### Verb

maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)
* To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
* To move oneself slightly, for example to make room for someone in a sofa or allow someone to reach objects behind oneself
    Kan du maka (på) dig lite så att jag får plats?Could you move over a bit to make space for me?

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* masa

### References

* maka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* maka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* maka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* maka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ka/

### Noun

maka
* rock; stone.

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

From Tibetan རྨ་ཁ (rma kha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɑkʰɑ]

### Noun

maka
* wound

### References

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

## Yanomamö
### Noun

maka
* stomach, belly

### References

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