maka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maka"

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

Noun

maka (plural makas)

1. (chiefly Hawaii) eye

   Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".

   I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.

   • 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:

     He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.

   • 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:

     da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...

   • 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:

     Open your makas, man!

Anagrams

• Kama, kama

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

maka

1. to give.

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ka/, [ˈmɐ.kə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tahitian mata.

Noun

maka

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. face
3. bud
4. beloved one
5. mesh of a net

Derived terms

• waimaka (“tears”)

Descendants

• → English: maka

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tokelauan mata.

Verb

maka

1. (stative) raw (undercooked)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːka

Noun

maka

1. inflection of maki:
   1. indefinite accusative
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive

Noun

maka

1. indefinite genitive of mök

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay maka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ka
• Rhymes: -ka, -a

Conjunction

maka

1. so
2. therefore

Usage notes

The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu".

Derived terms

• makanya

 

Further reading

• “maka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Jamamadí

Noun

maka

1. (Banawá) snake

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

maka

1. Rōmaji transcription of まか

Latvian

Noun

maka m

1. genitive singular of maks

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/

Noun

maka

1. inflection of mak:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Maori

Etymology

Borrowing from English mug.

Verb

maka

1. throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands)
2. place, put, put in

   Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana.

   Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.

Noun

maka

1. fish hook

   Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu.

   Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his his fish-hook as bait.

Noun

maka

1. mug

   He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa.

   Mugs, twopence or four pence.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

See maki (“match, partner”)

Noun

maka f (genitive mǫku)

1. female mate

Declension

  Declension of maka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maka	makan	mǫkur	mǫkurnar
accusative	mǫku	mǫkuna	mǫkur	mǫkurnar
dative	mǫku	mǫkunni	mǫkum	mǫkunum
genitive	mǫku	mǫkunnar	makna	maknanna

Related terms

• maki m

Descendants

• Icelandic: maka f
• Swedish: maka c

Etymology 2

Noun

maka

1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of maki

References

• “maka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pipil

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣa/

Verb

-maka

1. (transitive) to give

   Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.

   Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.

2. (transitive, informal) to punish; to hit

   Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.

   She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.

Alternative forms

• (shortened) -ma

Etymology 2

Particle

maka

1. Negative imperative marker

   Maka shimutalukan kalijtik

   Don't run inside (the house)

Alternative forms

• (shortened) mā

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compare Jamaican Creole macca, Jamaican Creole macka.

Noun

maka

1. thorn, barb, spine, spike

Derived terms

• bambamaka
• blakamaka
• bofrumaka
• bolomaka
• brantimaka
• bugrumaka
• droifimaka
• dyindyamaka
• kawmaka
• keskesimaka
• kwatamaka
• maka-alata
• makafisi
• makakrapa
• makamaka
• makanyamsi
• makaperi
• makasneki
• makatiki
• makatitei
• nyamsimaka
• obemaka
• paramaka
• popokaimaka
• todomaka
• wetimaka

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːˌka/

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make.

Noun

maka c

1. spouse; wife; married woman

Declension

Declension of maka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	maka	makan	makor	makorna
Genitive	makas	makans	makors	makornas

Synonyms

• fru
• hustru

Antonyms

• make
• man

Derived terms

• kaka söker maka

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, see also German machen.

Verb

maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)

1. To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
2. To move oneself slightly, for example to make room for someone in a sofa or allow someone to reach objects behind oneself

   Kan du maka (på) dig lite så att jag får plats?

   Could you move over a bit to make space for me?

Conjugation

Conjugation of maka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	maka		—
Supine	makat		—
Imperative	maka		—
Imper. plural1	maken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	makar	makade	—	—
Ind. plural1	maka	makade	—	—
Subjunctive2	make	makade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	makande
Past participle	makad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• masa

References

• maka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• maka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• maka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• maka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka/

Noun

maka

1. rock; stone.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan རྨ་ཁ (rma kha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑkʰɑ]

Noun

maka

1. wound

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

Yanomamö

Noun

maka

1. stomach, belly

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN