Wiktionary

mâ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Jersey Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch moe.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mâ

  1. tired

Lahu edit

Noun edit

mâ

  1. woman

References edit

  • James A. Matisoff, The Grammar of Lahu

Ligurian edit

 
o mâ – the sea

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun edit

mâ m (invariable)

 
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  1. sea
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin male.

Adverb edit

mâ

  1. badly, wrongly

Noun edit

mâ m (invariable)

  1. evil, harm
  2. pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease

Louisiana Creole edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from French ma (“my”).

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

mâ

  1. feminine of mô (“my”)

Usage notes edit

The presence of grammatical gender varies by dialect. Thus some Louisiana Creole speakers may tend to use mô before traditionally feminine nouns.

Namuyi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma. Cognate to Burmese မ (ma.).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

mâ

  1. not
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