maca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maca"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (countable and uncountable, plural macas)

1. Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.

   Synonym: Peruvian ginseng

   • 2009, M. Hermann, T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:

     The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]

   • 2007 March 18, G. Pascal Zachary, “Is the Key to Creativity in Your Pillbox, or in Your PC?”, in New York Times‎:

     The gap between what the Internet promises and what it delivers is part of the reason that people […] continue to turn to enhancers from caffeine to maca to virtual reality.

   • 2014, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, volume 9, page 802:

     Dried macas are cooked in water or milk and used to prepare a kind of sweet and aromatic porridge, mazamorra. The small macas are preferred, since they are less fibrous.

Translations

herb; extract

Chinese: Cantonese: (please verify) 瑪卡 / 玛卡 Mandarin: 瑪卡 / 玛卡 (mǎkǎ) Finnish: maca (fi) German: Maca f Polish: maka (pl) f or n Spanish: maca (es) f

Further reading

• Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AACM, ACMA, AMAC, Cama, MCAA, cama

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈħa/ [mʌˈħʌ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Pronoun

macá

1. what? (inanimate)

Related terms

• má (“what kind of?”)

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “maca”, 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)

Albanian

Noun

maca

1. inflection of macë:
   1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural
   2. definite nominative singular

Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

1. stick

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ka]

Adjective

maca

1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 2

Verb

maca

1. inflection of macar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Central Nahuatl

Verb

maca

1. To give.