maa

See also: Maa and Appendix:Variations of "maa"

Languages (23)

Translingual • English

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Translingual

Symbol

maa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec terms

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː, -æː

Interjection

maa

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

Verb

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 […]

Anagrams

• AAM, AMA, Ama, aam, ama

Afar

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

máa

1. alternative form of má

References

• 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)

'Are'are

Noun

maa

1. eye
2. snake

References

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

Barunggam

Noun

maa

1. hand

Further reading

• Barunggam body parts

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈʔa/ [mɐˈʔa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈma/ [ˈma]
• Hyphenation: ma‧a

Adjective

maá (Badlit spelling ᜋᜀ)

1. alternative form of mala (“dry”)

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]

Noun

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

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

Declension

Declension of maa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		maa	maad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	maa
genitive			maade
partitive		maad	maid maasid
illative		maasse maha	maadesse maisse
inessive		maas	maades mais
elative		maast	maadest maist
allative		maale	maadele maile
adessive		maal	maadel mail
ablative		maalt	maadelt mailt
translative		maaks	maadeks maiks
terminative		maani	maadeni
essive		maana	maadena
abessive		maata	maadeta
comitative		maaga	maadega

Derived terms

• isamaa
• maaelu
• maakond
• maalane
• maalik
• välismaa
• õueaiamaa