маха

Chechen

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Armenian մախաթ (maxatʿ).

Noun

ма̄ха • (maaxa) class b2

1. needle

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մախաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 228

Ingush

Noun

маха • (maxa)

1. needle

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaxə]

Noun

ма́ха • (máxa) m inan

1. genitive singular of мах (max)

Tundra Nenets

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *məkå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌɣʌ]
• Hyphenation: ма‧ха

Noun

маха • (maxa)

1. back (body part)
2. top (uppermost part)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məɣʌ]
• Hyphenation: ма‧ха

Noun

мӑха • (măxa)

1. stutterer, stammerer

Derived terms

• махӑсь (maxăsʹ°)

 

References

• Pyrerka, A. P.; Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, page 86
• N. M. Tereschenko (1965), “маха”, in Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия