maa

Imitative.

• IPA^(key): /mɑː/, (imitative) /mæː/, [mæ̰ː ~ mæˀæˀæ]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː, -æː

maa

1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.

maa (third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)

1. (intransitive) To make such a sound.
   • 1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (page 126)

     Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...

   • 2000, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes:

     Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. The cows mooed, the sheep maaed […]

• AAM, AMA, Ama, aam, ama

maa

1. eye
2. snake

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː/
• Hyphenation: maa

máa

1. Alternative form of má

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “maa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

maa

1. hand

• Barunggam body parts

• mala

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀa, compare Bikol Central mara, Yogad maga and Tetum maran.

maa

1. dry

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Finnish maa and Karelian mua.

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

1. earth
2. land
3. ground
4. country
5. countryside
6. rural
7. agri

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua, Erzya мастор (mastor)[1] (initial component), Komi-Zyrian му (mu), Udmurt му (mu), Mansi ма̄ (mā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Syllabification^(key): maa

maa

1. land, ground

   Panin sen maahan.

   I put it on the ground.

   1. (by extension) ground, floor, down (physically lower, no matter the material)

      Hän on maassa.

      He is on the ground. (e.g. after being hit)

2. earth, soil
3. country

   Hän on maassa.

   He is in the country. (within the national boundary)

   Voi mennä maahan.

   One can go into the country. (e.g. to Spain)

4. countryside

   Hän on maalla.

   He is in the countryside.

   Voi mennä maalle.

   One can go to the countryside.

5. (card games) suit

Due to the multiple meanings of maa, case forms are used to distinguish meanings.

• Prolative: maitse

• IPA^(key): /maː/

The sense "five" is a recent extension during the efforts to revitalise Gamilaraay, drawn from the fact that many languages use the same word for "hand" and "five", and that this semantic extension was also used to derive the word for "five" in other Indigenous Australian languages which traditionally did not have a word for "five".

maa

1. hand (part of the body)
2. finger

maa

1. five

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I am not sure if these are different etymologies”)

maa

1. totem
2. marks made on rugs and weapons to indicate the totem of their manufacturer/owner

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

maa

1. water

• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 81

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: maa

maa

1. earth
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Paljo uutta ja interesnoita töö saatta tiitä maast, kus möö elämmä.

     You will get to know a lot of new and interesting things about the earth, where we live.

2. soil
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. I. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Alemmas pintamaa ain muuttijaa, ain vaaliammaks ja viimen männöö samalaiseks, ku i alumain maa.

     Further down the topsoil always changes, always lighter and finally becomes just like the underlying soil.

3. ground
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Kirjan viskais maaha.

     He threw the book onto the ground.

4. country
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:

     Punain armia ja flootta hoitaat meijen maata.

     The Red Army and Fleet protect our country.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 300
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 73

maa 

1. mother

maa

1. obsolete typography of må

màá (plural màá)

1. mother

• tàá

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

maa

1. there

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 141

Initialism of med anledning av.

maa

1. because of, due to

   Synonym: p.g.a.

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

• maakund

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: maa

maa

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

• maailmõ
• maamunõ

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn

• IPA^(key): /maː/

maa

1. (transitive) to hold
2. (transitive) to seize

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

maa

1. Alternative form of mye
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 15:

     Maa bee haghed i more caar an angish than Ich."

     May be upset in more care and hardship than I."

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

• IPA^(key): /máā/, [máā~mã́ã̄]

máa

1. Used to express the future tense.

   Synonyms: á, yóò, óò

   Antonym: kò ní í

   Mo máa lọ sí Èkó l'ọdún tí ó ń bọ̀.

   I'll be going to Lagos next year.

2. Used to express the durative tense in commands.

   Ẹ máa rọra o! ― Be careful! (literally, “Keep being careful!”)

• IPA^(key): /màá/, /māā/

màá or maa

1. Contraction of èmi á (“I'll”).

   Màá lọ rí ọ̀rẹ́ mi lọ́tùn-únla.

   I'll go see my friend the day after tomorrow.