# maha
## English
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

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### Noun

maha
* (archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
** 1896, Richard Lydekker, A Geographical History of Mammals:The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one […]

### References

* “maha”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* AHAM, Hama, amah

## Breton
### Verb

maha
* to press

## Ese
### Noun

maha
* pig

### References

* Jim and Judy Parlier Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

## Estonian
### Etymology

Irregular illative of maa (“earth, ground”).

### Adverb

maha (not comparable)
* down
    Tule maha!Come down!
* into the ground
    Me panime eile kartulid maha.We planted the potatoes yesterday. (lit. "We put the potatoes into the ground yesterday".)
* off
    Kütt võttis rebaselt naha maha.The hunter skinned the fox. (lit. "The hunter took the skin off of the fox".)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maha, borrowed from a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *magô, Swedish mage. Cognates include Karelian maha, Votic maha, Ludian maha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑhɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: ma‧ha

### Noun

maha
* belly, stomach (abdomen, especially a round one)
    Synonyms: vatsa, (childish) masu
* stomach (organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
    Synonym: mahalaukku

#### Declension

Possessive forms of maha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahani
mahani
accusative
nom.
mahani
mahani
gen.
mahani
genitive
mahani
mahojeni mahaini $^{rare}$
partitive
mahaani
mahojani
inessive
mahassani
mahoissani
elative
mahastani
mahoistani
illative
mahaani
mahoihini
adessive
mahallani
mahoillani
ablative
mahaltani
mahoiltani
allative
mahalleni
mahoilleni
essive
mahanani
mahoinani
translative
mahakseni
mahoikseni
abessive
mahattani
mahoittani
instructive
comitative
—mahoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahasi
mahasi
accusative
nom.
mahasi
mahasi
gen.
mahasi
genitive
mahasi
mahojesi mahaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mahaasi
mahojasi
inessive
mahassasi
mahoissasi
elative
mahastasi
mahoistasi
illative
mahaasi
mahoihisi
adessive
mahallasi
mahoillasi
ablative
mahaltasi
mahoiltasi
allative
mahallesi
mahoillesi
essive
mahanasi
mahoinasi
translative
mahaksesi
mahoiksesi
abessive
mahattasi
mahoittasi
instructive
comitative
—mahoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahamme
mahamme
accusative
nom.
mahamme
mahamme
gen.
mahamme
genitive
mahamme
mahojemme mahaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mahaamme
mahojamme
inessive
mahassamme
mahoissamme
elative
mahastamme
mahoistamme
illative
mahaamme
mahoihimme
adessive
mahallamme
mahoillamme
ablative
mahaltamme
mahoiltamme
allative
mahallemme
mahoillemme
essive
mahanamme
mahoinamme
translative
mahaksemme
mahoiksemme
abessive
mahattamme
mahoittamme
instructive
comitative
—mahoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahanne
mahanne
accusative
nom.
mahanne
mahanne
gen.
mahanne
genitive
mahanne
mahojenne mahainne $^{rare}$
partitive
mahaanne
mahojanne
inessive
mahassanne
mahoissanne
elative
mahastanne
mahoistanne
illative
mahaanne
mahoihinne
adessive
mahallanne
mahoillanne
ablative
mahaltanne
mahoiltanne
allative
mahallenne
mahoillenne
essive
mahananne
mahoinanne
translative
mahaksenne
mahoiksenne
abessive
mahattanne
mahoittanne
instructive
comitative
—mahoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mahansa
mahansa
accusative
nom.
mahansa
mahansa
gen.
mahansa
genitive
mahansa
mahojensa mahainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mahaansa
mahojaan mahojansa
inessive
mahassaan mahassansa
mahoissaan mahoissansa
elative
mahastaan mahastansa
mahoistaan mahoistansa
illative
mahaansa
mahoihinsa
adessive
mahallaan mahallansa
mahoillaan mahoillansa
ablative
mahaltaan mahaltansa
mahoiltaan mahoiltansa
allative
mahalleen mahallensa
mahoilleen mahoillensa
essive
mahanaan mahanansa
mahoinaan mahoinansa
translative
mahakseen mahaksensa
mahoikseen mahoiksensa
abessive
mahattaan mahattansa
mahoittaan mahoittansa
instructive
comitative
—mahoineen mahoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* -mahainen
* mahakas
* ihramaha
* isomahainen
* juoksutusmaha
* kaljamaha
* lehtimaha
* lihasmaha
* läskimaha
* mahahaava
* mahahappo
* mahahuuhtelu
* mahakatarri
* mahakatkero
* mahakelkka
* mahakelkkailija
* mahakelkkailu
* mahakipu
* mahalasku
* mahalaukku
* mahaletku
* mahanalus
* mahaneste
* mahanportti
* mahanpuru
* mahansuu
* mahantähystys
* mahapaita
* mahapalkka
* mahapiironki
* mahaplätsi
* mahapuoli
* maharauhanen
* maha-suolikanava
* maha-suolitulehdus
* mahasyöpä
* mahatauti
* mahatulehdus
* mahavaiva
* mahavyö
* möhömaha
* nenä-mahaletku
* pallomaha
* pulleamahainen
* purumaha
* pömppömaha
* raskausmaha
* vauvamaha
* verkkomaha

### Further reading

* “maha”, 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

* Haam, ahma, hama

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaha/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ha
* Rhymes: -ha, -a

### Adjective

maha
* mighty, great
* infinite
* sublime

#### Alternative forms

* maha-

## Jaqaru
### Verb

maha
* to go

### References

Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 75.

## Karelian
### Noun

maha
* stomach

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -a

### Adjective

maha
* mighty, great
* infinite
* sublime

## Maori
### Noun

maha
* abundance, bounty, majority

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* मह (Devanagari script)
* মহ (Bengali script)
* මහ (Sinhalese script)
* မဟ or မႁ (Burmese script)
* มห or มะหะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩉ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຫ or ມະຫະ (Lao script)
* មហ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄦 (Chakma script)

### Noun

maha m
* religious festival

#### Declension
### Adjective

maha
* masculine/neuter vocative singular of mahant

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian maha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ha/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ha

### Numeral

maha
* four

#### Usage notes

* Maha is used in compound numerals only:
    Maha 'ahuru. ― Forty (literally, “Four tens.”)
    Maha 'ahuru mā maha. ― Forty-four (literally, “Four tens and four.”)
* For the simple number "four", the native term hā is used.

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 170
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

maha
* genitive singular of mah

## Slovene
### Noun

maha
* genitive singular of mah

## Tahitian
### Numeral

maha
* four
    nā taʻata/tāʻata e maha ― four people

#### Derived terms

* maha ʻahuru

#### Descendants

* → Rapa Nui: maha

#### See also

* toʻomāha

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### Etymology

From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

### Verb

maha
* (transitive) to do or make
    No bo, wos kon yhy maha? ― Well then, what can I do?

#### Conjugation

maha is a weak verb ending in -a
Present tense: yhy mah
dü mahst
har / zej / ejs maht
wjyr maha
jyr maht
zej maha
Past tense: yhy maht
dü mahtst
har / zej / ejs maht
wjyr mahta
jyr maht
zej mahta
Present participle: maha Past participle: gymaht

#### Further reading

A GRAMMAR OF WYMYSORYS, Alexander Andrason & Tymoteusz Król, Duke University, Slavic and East European Language Resource Center – SEELRC, 2016