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See also: MAHA, mahā, and māha

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

maha

  1. (archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
    • 1896, Richard Lydekker, A Geographical History of Mammals:
      The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one […]

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Breton

Verb

maha

  1. to press

Ese

Noun

maha

  1. pig

References

  • Jim and Judy Parlier Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

Estonian

Etymology

Irregular illative of maa (“earth, ground”).

Adverb

maha (not comparable)

  1. down
    Tule maha!
    Come down!
  2. into the ground
    Me panime eile kartulid maha.
    We planted the potatoes yesterday. (lit. "We put the potatoes into the ground yesterday".)
  3. off
    Kütt võttis rebaselt naha maha.
    The hunter skinned the fox. (lit. "The hunter took the skin off of the fox".)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maha, borrowed from a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *magô, Swedish mage. Cognates include Karelian maha, Votic maha, Ludian maha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑhɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ha
  • Hyphenation(key): ma‧ha

Noun

maha

  1. belly, stomach (abdomen, especially a round one)
    Synonyms: vatsa, (childish) masu
  2. stomach (organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
    Synonym: mahalaukku

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ha/, [ˈmɐ.hə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *mafa.

Noun

maha

  1. (anatomy) temple

Etymology 2

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Noun

maha

  1. rest, repose

Verb

maha

  1. (stative) at ease, comfortable, resting
Derived terms
  • hoʻomaha (“rest”, verb)
  • mahamaha (“rest”, verb)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay maha, from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

maha (comparative lebih maha, superlative paling maha)

  1. mighty, great

Alternative forms

Jaqaru

Verb

maha

  1. to go

References

Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 75.

Karelian

Noun

maha

  1. stomach

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).

Pronunciation

Prefix

maha (Jawi spelling مها)

  1. (literary) most, of the greatest degree
    Synonyms: teramat, paling
    maha kaya ― most rich

Usage notes

  • This prefix is often used in titles of God such as Maha Mengasihani (“The Merciful (lit. 'Most Merciful')”) and Maha Mengetahui (“The All-Knowing (lit. 'Most Knowing')”) in which case all the words would be capitalized.
  • Unlike other prefixes, this prefix is written with a space between the prefix and the stem word.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Maori

Noun

maha

  1. abundance, bounty, majority

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀫𑀳 (Brahmi script)
  • मह (Devanagari script)
  • মহ (Bengali script)
  • මහ (Sinhalese script)
  • မဟ or မႁ (Burmese script)
  • มห or มะหะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩉ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຫ or ມະຫະ (Lao script)
  • មហ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄦 (Chakma script)

Noun

maha m

  1. religious festival

Declension

Declension table of "maha" (masculine)
More information Case \ Number, Singular ...

Adjective

maha

  1. masculine/neuter vocative singular of mahant

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian maha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ha/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha

Numeral

maha

  1. four

Usage notes

  • Maha is used in compound numerals only:
    Maha 'ahuru. ― Forty (literally, “Four tens.”)
    Maha 'ahuru mā maha. ― Forty-four (literally, “Four tens and four.”)
  • For the simple number "four", the native term hā is used.

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 170
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

maha (Cyrillic spelling маха)

  1. genitive singular of mah

Slovene

Noun

maha

  1. genitive singular of mah

Tahitian

Tahitian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : maha

Numeral

maha

  1. four
    nā taʻata/tāʻata e maha ― four people

Derived terms

  • maha ʻahuru

Descendants

  • → Rapa Nui: maha

See also

  • toʻomāha

Vilamovian

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Etymology

From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Verb

maha

  1. (transitive) to do or make
    No bo, wos kon yhy maha? ― Well then, what can I do?

Conjugation

maha is a weak verb ending in -a

Present tense: yhy mah

dü mahst

har / zej / ejs maht

wjyr maha

jyr maht

zej maha

Past tense: yhy maht

dü mahtst

har / zej / ejs maht

wjyr mahta

jyr maht

zej mahta

Present participle: maha Past participle: gymaht

Further reading

A GRAMMAR OF WYMYSORYS, Alexander Andrason & Tymoteusz Król, Duke University, Slavic and East European Language Resource Center – SEELRC, 2016

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