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-ma
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"
Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ma
- Form of -mə after the vowels A / I / O / U.
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ma
- Form of -mə after the vowels A / I / O / U.
Bambara
Suffix
-ma
- particle indicating a link between two people
Derived terms
Suffix
-ma
- particle creating adjectives from common nouns
Derived terms
- sukaroma (“sweet”)
- kɔgɔma (“salty”)
- nɔnɔma (“with milk”)
- cɛma (“male”)
- musoma (“female”)
Choctaw
Suffix
-ma
See also
- -pa (“this”)
Dutch
Suffix
-ma
- occurring in Dutch surnames of Frisian origin, ma is probably a shortened form of the old Frisian genitive plural -monna, 'the men's'. After this suffix had fallen into disuse in the Frisian language, it came to be considered as a suffix to form family names
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *-ma. Cognate with Finnish -ma.
Suffix
-ma (da-infinitive -ta)
- Forms verbs from nouns.
Inflection
Conjugation of -ma (ÕS type 29/hüppama, no gradation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *-ma. Cognate with Finnish -ma.
Suffix
-ma
- The suffix of the ma-infinitive, which is the lemma form of a verb.
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Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *-ma, from Proto-Uralic *-ma (compare Moksha -ма (-ma) in эряма (eŕama, “life”), кулома (kuloma, “death”)).
Suffix
-ma (front vowel harmony variant -mä, linguistic notation -mA)
- Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
- (unproductive) Forms some diminutive nouns.
- Used to form the combining form of some verbs.
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *-ma, from Proto-Uralic *-ma.
Suffix
-ma (front vowel harmony variant -mä, linguistic notation -mA)
- The suffix of the agent participle.
- The third infinitive suffix; not used on its own, and always receives one of a number of case endings.
Inflection
Derived terms
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Garo
Etymology
Might be somewhat related to Chinese 嗎 / 吗. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Suffix
-ma
- Final particle which turns the sentence into a polar question.
Hungarian
Ingrian
Kambera
Kari'na
Laboya
Latvian
Murui Huitoto
Old English
Pali
Turkish
Warlpiri
Ye'kwana
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