maka

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑkə

maka (plural makas)

1. (chiefly Hawaii) eye
   • 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!

   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.

• Kama, kama

maka

1. to give.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ka/, [ˈmɐkə]

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

maka

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

• waimaka (“tears”)

• → English: maka

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

maka

1. (stative) raw (undercooked)

• Rhymes: -aːka

maka

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

maka

1. indefinite genitive of mök

From Malay maka.

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

maka

1. so
2. therefore

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

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

maka

1. (Banawá) snake

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

maka

1. Rōmaji transcription of まか

maka m

1. genitive singular form of maks

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/

maka

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

See maki (“match, partner”)

maka f (genitive mǫku)

1. female mate

• maki m

• Icelandic: maka f
• Swedish: maka c

maka

1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of maki

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

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

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

-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.

• (shortened) -ma

maka

1. Negative imperative marker

   Maka shimutalukan kalijtik

   Don't run inside (the house)

• (shortened) mā

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maka

1. thorn, barb, spine, spike

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːˌka/

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

maka c

1. spouse; wife; married woman

• fru
• hustru

• make
• man

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

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

• masa

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka/

maka

1. rock; stone.

From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô.

maka m

1. equal, match
2. spouse

• makator m (“equal, match, counterpart, companion”)

• Skjut ut gamm släan, no finn ’n makan

From Tibetan རྨ་ཁ (rma kha).

• IPA^(key): [mɑkʰɑ]

maka

1. wound

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