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Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

    Suffix

    More information preceding vowel, a / ı / o / u ...

    -ma

    1. Form of -mə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

    Etymology 2

      Suffix

      More information preceding vowel, a / ı / o / u ...

      -ma

      1. Form of -mə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

      Bambara

      Suffix

      -ma

      1. particle indicating a link between two people

      Derived terms

      • filanima (twin)
      • sinama (co-wife)
      • terima (friend)
      • tɔgɔma (homonym)

      Suffix

      -ma

      1. particle creating adjectives from common nouns

      Derived terms

      • sukaroma (sweet)
      • kɔgɔma (salty)
      • nɔnɔma (with milk)
      • cɛma (male)
      • musoma (female)

      Choctaw

      Suffix

      -ma

      1. (demonstrative) that, those

      See also

      • -pa (this)

      Dutch

      Suffix

      -ma

      1. 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)

      1. Forms verbs from nouns.
      Inflection
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From Proto-Finnic *-ma. Cognate with Finnish -ma.

      Suffix

      -ma

      1. 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)

        1. Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
          elää (to live) + -maelämä (life)
          kuolla (to die) + -makuolema (death)
          osua (to hit) + -maosuma (hit)
          sattua (to take place) + -masattuma (chance)
          tapahtua (to happen) + -matapahtuma (event)
        2. (unproductive) Forms some diminutive nouns.
        3. Used to form the combining form of some verbs.
          uida (to swim) + -mauima-
        Inflection
        More information nominative, genitive ...
        More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
        Derived terms

        Etymology 2

          From Proto-Finnic *-ma, from Proto-Uralic *-ma.

          Suffix

          -ma (front vowel harmony variant -mä, linguistic notation -mA)

          1. The suffix of the agent participle.
            ajaa (to drive) + -maajama (driven by)
            miehen ajama autocar driven by the man
          2. The third infinitive suffix; not used on its own, and always receives one of a number of case endings.
          Inflection
          More information nominative, genitive ...
          More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
          Derived terms
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          Garo

          Etymology

          Might be somewhat related to Chinese  / . This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

          Suffix

          -ma

          1. 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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