ma'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma/

Adverb

ma'

1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of maar

Conjunction

ma'

1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of maar

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, “with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː/
• Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /ma/.

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• Homophone: ma

Preposition

ma’

1. with (comitative, concurrent)
   • 1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:

     Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
     mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
     u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
     kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms of ma'
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		miegħi		magħna
2nd person		miegħek		magħkom
3rd person		miegħu	magħha	magħhom
Definite forms
Xemxin				Qamrin
maċ- · mad- · man- mar- · mas- · mat- · max- · maz- · maż-				mal-

Derived terms

• madwar
• maġenb
• matul

 

Welsh

Verb

ma’

1. Alternative form of mae

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *əmmaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amax, from Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ma'

1. father

Yucatec Maya

Adverb

ma'

1. not