masa

See also: Masa, masă, mäsä, mása, maşa, māsa, and māsā

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

masa (uncountable) (More fully, masa paper)

1. (arts) A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting

Etymology 2

Spanish

Noun

masa (uncountable)

1. (US) maize dough made from freshly prepared hominy, used for making tortillas, tamales, etc.

Anagrams

• -sama, AAMS, AAMs, AMSA, Maas, Sama, aams, amas, maas

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Czech

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

Noun

masa f

1. mass (a large body of individuals, especially persons)

   masa lidí — mass of people

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	masy
genitive	masy	mas
dative	mase	masám
accusative	masu	masy
vocative	maso	masy
locative	mase	masách
instrumental	masou	masami

Derived terms

• masový

Related terms

• masiv
• masivní

Etymology 2

Noun

masa

1. genitive singular of maso
2. nominative plural of maso
3. accusative plural of maso
4. vocative plural of maso

Further reading

• masa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• masa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum < mittō.

Noun

masa f

1. Mass

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Galician

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

1. mass

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Hopi

Noun

masa

1. wing (body part of an animal)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse masa, from Proto-Germanic *masōną. Cognate with English maze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːsa/
• Rhymes: -aːsa

Verb

masa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative masaði, supine masað)

1. (intransitive) to chat, to chatter

Conjugation

masa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að masa
supine (sagnbót)		masað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		masandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég masa	við mösum	present (nútíð)	ég masi	við mösum
	þú masar	þið masið		þú masir	þið masið
	hann, hún, það masar	þeir, þær, þau masa		hann, hún, það masi	þeir, þær, þau masi
past (þátíð)	ég masaði	við mösuðum	past (þátíð)	ég masaði	við mösuðum
	þú masaðir	þið mösuðuð		þú masaðir	þið mösuðuð
	hann, hún, það masaði	þeir, þær, þau mösuðu		hann, hún, það masaði	þeir, þær, þau mösuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	masa (þú)	masið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	masaðu	masiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Anagrams

• sama

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay masa.

Noun

masa

1. period (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
2. period (length of time)
3. period (length of time during which something repeats)
4. time (inevitable passing of events)
5. time (quantity of availability in time)
6. time (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
7. time (particular moment or hour)
8. time (measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time)
9. time (numerical indication of a particular moment in time)

Synonyms

• kala
• waktu

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Japanese

Romanization

masa

1. Rōmaji transcription of まさ

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Malay

Alternative forms

• ماس‎

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /masə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /masa/
• Rhymes: -asə, -sə, -ə

Noun

masa

1. time (inevitable passing of events)
2. time (quantity of availability in time)
3. time (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
4. time (particular moment or hour)
5. time (measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time)
6. time (numerical indication of a particular moment in time)

Synonyms

• kala / کالا‎
• waktu / وقتو‎

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

masa

1. illative singular of mii

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• maset
• maste (simple past)
• mast (past participle)

Verb

masa

1. simple past of mase
2. past participle of mase

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mase

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːsɑ/

Verb

masa (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative mas/masa)

1. to nag
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:

     […] sidan tok han til aa masa um ei Gullkedja, som han visste, ho skulde hava; han vilde kaupa da Halsgullet, um da var aldri so dyrt […]

     […] then he started nagging about a gold chain, that he knew she had; he wanted to buy that necklace, no matter the price […]

References

• “masa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.sa/

• Audio

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Noun

masa f

1. (physics) mass

Declension

declension of masa

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	masy
genitive	masy	mas
dative	masie	masom
accusative	masę	masy
instrumental	masą	masami
locative	masie	masach
vocative	maso	masy

Further reading

• masa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French masser.

Verb

a masa (third-person singular present masează, past participle masat) 1st conj.

1. to massage

Conjugation

    conjugation of masa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a masa
gerund			masând
past participle			masat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	masez	masezi	masează	masăm	masați	masează
	imperfect	masam	masai	masa	masam	masați	masau
	simple perfect	masai	masași	masă	masarăm	masarăți	masară
	pluperfect	masasem	masaseși	masase	masaserăm	masaserăți	masaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să masez	să masezi	să maseze	să masăm	să masați	să maseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		masează			masați
	negative		nu masa			nu masați

Related terms

• masaj
• masare
• masat (past participle of masa)

Etymology 2

Noun

masa f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of masă.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

màsa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀са)

1. mass

Declension

Declension of masa

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	mase
genitive	mase	masa
dative	masi	masama
accusative	masu	mase
vocative	maso	mase
locative	masi	masama
instrumental	masom	masama

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmáːsa/
• Tonal orthography: mȃsa

Noun

mása f (genitive máse, nominative plural máse)

1. mass (large quantity; sum)

Declension

Declension of mása (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mása	mási	máse
accusative	máso	mási	máse
genitive	máse	más	más
dative	mási	másama	másam
locative	mási	másah	másah
instrumental	máso	másama	másami

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

1. (food) dough
2. (physics) mass
3. drove (large amount)

   en masa - in droves

Derived terms

• amasar
• masita
• masivo

See also

• pasta f
• pan m
• peso m

Verb

masa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of masar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of masar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of masar.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish masa.

Noun

masa

1. dough
2. people; the masses

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [masa]

Noun

masa (definite accusative masayı, plural masalar)

1. table

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	masa
Definite accusative	masayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	masa	masalar
Definite accusative	masayı	masaları
Dative	masaya	masalara
Locative	masada	masalarda
Ablative	masadan	masalardan
Genitive	masanın	masaların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular masam masalarım 2nd singular masan masaların 3rd singular masası masaları 1st plural masamız masalarımız 2nd plural masanız masalarınız 3rd plural masaları masaları

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian massa

Noun

masa f (plural mase)

1. mass

Adverb

masa

1. too much
2. very