maha

See also: MAHA, mahā, and māha

English

Etymology

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Noun

maha

1. (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

1. to press

Ese

Noun

maha

1. pig

References

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

Estonian

Etymology

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

Adverb

maha (not comparable)

1. down

   Tule maha!

   Come down!

2. into the ground

   Me panime eile kartulid maha.

   We planted the potatoes yesterday. (lit. "We put the potatoes into the ground yesterday".)

3. 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^(key): /ˈmɑhɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ha

Noun

maha

1. stomach, belly

Usage notes

maha is often used when talking about the inner part (or a round belly) and vatsa when talking about the outer, but especially in speech the usage of these words is often very mixed up.

Declension

Inflection of maha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		maha	mahat
genitive		mahan	mahojen
partitive		mahaa	mahoja
illative		mahaan	mahoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		maha	mahat
accusative	nom.	maha	mahat
	gen.	mahan
genitive		mahan	mahojen mahain rare
partitive		mahaa	mahoja
inessive		mahassa	mahoissa
elative		mahasta	mahoista
illative		mahaan	mahoihin
adessive		mahalla	mahoilla
ablative		mahalta	mahoilta
allative		mahalle	mahoille
essive		mahana	mahoina
translative		mahaksi	mahoiksi
abessive		mahatta	mahoitta
instructive		—	mahoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

Synonyms

• masu
• vatsa

Derived terms

• -mahainen
• mahakas

 

compounds

• 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]‎^[1] (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^(key): /ˈmaha/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha
• Rhymes: -ha, -a

Adjective

maha

1. mighty, great
2. infinite
3. sublime

Alternative forms

• maha-

Jaqaru

Verb

maha

1. to go

References

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

Karelian

Noun

maha

1. stomach

Malay

Etymology

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

Adjective

maha

1. mighty, great
2. infinite
3. sublime

Maori

Noun

maha

1. abundance, bounty, majority

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

1. religious festival

Declension

Declension table of "maha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maho	mahā
Accusative (second)	mahaṃ	mahe
Instrumental (third)	mahena	mahehi or mahebhi
Dative (fourth)	mahassa or mahāya or mahatthaṃ	mahānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahasmā or mahamhā or mahā	mahehi or mahebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahassa	mahānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahasmiṃ or mahamhi or mahe	mahesu
Vocative (calling)	maha	mahā

Adjective

maha

1. masculine/neuter vocative singular of mahant

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian maha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ha/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha
• Rhymes: -a

Numeral

maha

1. 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^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

maha

1. genitive singular of mah

Slovene

Noun

maha

1. genitive singular of mah

Tahitian

Tahitian cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : maha

Numeral

maha

1. four

   nā taʻata/tāʻata e maha ― four people

Derived terms

• maha ʻahuru

Descendants

• → Rapa Nui: maha

See also

• toʻomāha

Vilamovian

Etymology

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

Verb

maha

1. (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