Appendix:Toki Pona/ma
Toki Pona edit
Glyph origin edit
The sitelen pona glyph represents 🜨, the astronomical symbol for Earth.
Etymology edit
From Finnish maa (“earth, land”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ma
- Land; earth; ground; soil.
- The outdoors.
- A world or place, especially a terrestrial one.
- 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
- lon ma tomo pi jan ala, la kalama pona li lon.
- In the abandoned city, there are good noises.
- (literally, “In the place of buildings of no people, …”)
- A territory such as a country.
- 2014, Sonja Lang, “Hieroglyphs”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, →ISBN, page 111:
- ma Kanata li suli
- Canada is large.
Derived terms edit
- ma Aja (Armenia)
- ma Akanisan (Afghanistan)
- ma Alan (Ireland)
- ma Alensina (Argentina)
- ma Amelika (Americas)
- ma Ankola (Angola)
- ma Anku (South Korea)
- ma Antasika (Antarctica)
- ma Antola (Andorra)
- ma Apika (Africa)
- ma Asija (Asia)
- ma Awisi (Haiti)
- ma Ekato (Ecuador)
- ma Elena (Greece)
- ma Eliteja (Eritrea)
- ma Elopa (Europe)
- ma Epanja (Spain)
- ma Esalasi (Austria)
- ma Esi (Estonia)
- ma Esuka (Basque Country)
- ma Ilakija (Iraq)
- ma Ilan (Iran)
- ma Inli (England)
- ma Intonesija (Indonesia)
- ma Isale (Israel)
- ma Isijopija (Ethiopia)
- ma Isilan (Iceland)
- ma Italija (Italy)
- ma Jamanija (Yemen)
- ma Juke (United Kingdom)
- ma Kalalinuna (Greenland)
- ma Kamelun (Cameroon)
- ma Kana (Ghana)
- ma Kanata (Canada)
- ma Kanpija (Gambia)
- ma Kanpusi (Cambodia)
- ma Kanse (France)
- ma Kapon (Gabon)
- ma Katala (Catalan Countries)
- ma Katelo (Georgia)
- ma Katemala (Guatemala)
- ma Kenata (Grenada)
- ma Kenja (Kenya)
- ma Kilipasi (Kiribati)
- ma Kine (Guinea)
- ma Kinejekatolija (Equatorial Guinea)
- ma Kinepisa (Guinea-Bissau)
- ma Kinla (Wales)
- ma Kiposi (Cyprus)
- ma Komo (Comoros)
- ma Konko (Congo)
- ma Kosalika (Costa Rica)
- ma Kosiwa (Côte d’Ivoire)
- ma Kuli (Kurdistan)
- ma Kupa (Cuba)
- ma Kusala (Gujarat)
- ma Kuwasi (Kuwait)
- ma Lanka (Sri Lanka)
- ma Lapewija (Liberia)
- ma Lawi (Latvia)
- ma Lesoto (Lesotho)
- ma Lijatuwa (Lithuania)
- ma Lipija (Libya)
- ma Lisensan (Liechtenstein)
- ma Lomani (Romania)
- ma Losi (Russia)
- ma Lowasi (Croatia)
- ma Lowenki (Slovakia)
- ma Lowensina (Slovenia)
- ma Lunpan (Lebanon)
- ma Lusepu (Luxembourg)
- ma Luwanta (Rwanda)
- ma Maketonija (Macedonia)
- ma Malakasi (Madagascar)
- ma Malasija (Malaysia)
- ma Malawi (Malawi)
- ma Mali (Mali)
- ma Malipe (Morocco)
- ma Masu (Egypt)
- ma Mesiko (Mexico)
- ma Mewika (United States)
- ma Mijama (Myanmar)
- ma Mosanpi (Mozambique)
- ma Mosijo (Hungary)
- ma Motowa (Moldova)
- ma Mowisi (Mauritius)
- ma Mulitanija (Mauritania)
- ma Namipija (Namibia)
- ma Naselija (Nigeria)
- ma Netelan (Netherlands)
- ma Nijon (Japan)
- ma Nise (Niger)
- ma Nosiki (Norway)
- ma Nusilan (New Zealand)
- ma Ontula (Honduras)
- ma Osejanija (Oceania)
- ma Oselija (Australia)
- ma Pakisan (Pakistan)
- ma Palakawi (Paraguay)
- ma Palani (Bahrain)
- ma Palata (India)
- ma Panama (Panama)
- ma Panla (Bangladesh)
- ma Papeto (Barbados)
- ma Papuwanijukini (Papua New Guinea)
- ma Pasila (Brasil)
- ma Pawama (Bahamas)
- ma Pelalusi (Belarus)
- ma Pelu (Peru)
- ma Pemuta (Bermuda)
- ma Penen (Benin)
- ma Penesuwela (Venezuela)
- ma Pesije (Belgium)
- ma Peson (Brittany)
- ma Pilipina (Philippines)
- ma Pilisin (Palestine)
- ma Pisi (Fiji)
- ma Po (Tibet)
- ma Pokasi (Bulgaria)
- ma Posan (Bosnia)
- ma Posuka (Poland)
- ma Posuwana (Botswana)
- ma Potuke (Portugal)
- ma Pukinapaso (Burkina Faso)
- ma Samalino (San Marino)
- ma Sameka (Jamaica)
- ma Samowa (Samoa)
- ma Sanpija (Zambia)
- ma Santapiken (Central African Republic)
- ma Sasali (Algeria)
- ma Sate (Chad)
- ma Sawasi (Swaziland)
- ma Sawusi (Saudi Arabia)
- ma Seki (Czech Republic)
- ma Seneka (Senegal)
- ma Setapika (South Africa)
- ma Sijelalijon (Sierra Leone)
- ma Sile (Chile)
- ma Sinita (Trinidad and Tobago)
- ma Sinpapuwe (Zimbabwe)
- ma Sipe (Albania)
- ma Sipusi (Djibouti)
- ma Somalija (Somalia)
- ma Sonko (China)
- ma Sopisi (Serbia)
- ma Sukosi (Scotland)
- ma Sulija (Syria)
- ma Sumi (Finland)
- ma Sutan (Sudan)
- ma Suwasi (Switzerland)
- ma Tansanija (Tanzania)
- ma Tansi (Denmark)
- ma Tawi (Thailand)
- ma Toko (Togo)
- ma Tominika (Dominican Republic)
- ma Tona (Tonga)
- ma Tosi (Germany)
- ma Tuki (Turkey)
- ma Tunisi (Tunisia)
- ma Tuwalu (Tuvalu)
- ma Ukanta (Uganda)
- ma Ukawina (Ukraine)
- ma Ulukawi (Uruguay)
- ma Uman (Oman)
- ma Utun (Jordan)
- ma Wanuwatu (Vanuatu)
- ma Wasikano (Vatican)
- ma Wensa (Sweden)
- ma Wije (Vietnam)
Adjective edit
ma
- Of or relating to land; terrestrial; telluric; national.
Verb edit
ma
- (transitive, intransitive) To be or turn into land, such as to reclaim land, compost, or terraform.