ma'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Adverb

ma'

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of maar

Conjunction

ma'

  1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of maar

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa, with).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː/
  • Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /ma/.
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: ma

Preposition

ma’

  1. with (comitative, concurrent)
    • 1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:
      Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
      mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
      u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
      kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms of ma’
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person miegħi magħna
2nd person miegħek magħkom
3rd person miegħu magħha magħhom
Definite forms
Xemxin Qamrin
maċ- · mad- · man-
mar- · mas- · mat- ·
max- · maz- · maż-
mal-

Derived terms

Welsh

Verb

ma’

  1. alternative form of mae

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *əmmaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amax, from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

ma'

  1. father

Yucatec Maya

Adverb

ma'

  1. alternative form of maʼ