see|Appendix:Variations of "ma"
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-ma.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��

abbreviation|English
ma or Ma

1. May

Noun
en-noun|not generally used in the plural

1. context|colloquially|and in direct address Mother, mama.

Synonyms
rel-top|terms synonymous with "ma"
mama
mamma
mater
maw
mom qualifier|US
rel-mid
mommy qualifier|US
mother
mum qualifier|British
mummy qualifier|British
rel-bottom

Translations

trans-top|colloquial form of mother
Finnish: t|fi|äiskä, t|fi|äiti
French: t|fr|maman|f
German: t|de|Mamma|f, t|de|Mutter|f
Italian: t|it|mamma|f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
pa

Category:English two-letter words

Breton

Pronoun
br-pron

1. my

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|ma's|maatje m

1. mother

Synonyms
mama
moeder

See also
oma
pa

Estonian

Pronoun
infl|et|pronoun|short form of|mina

1. I

Finnish

Etymology 1

abbreviation|Finnish
infl|fi|abbreviation|from|maanantai

1. Monday

Etymology 2

Pronoun
infl|fi|pronoun

1. context|personal|archaic|poetic|lang=fi I.

Synonyms
minä qualifier|standard Finnish
mie qualifier|dialectal
mä qualifier|colloquial
mää qualifier|dialectal

French

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-ma.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|/ma/, SAMPA|/ma/

Adjective
infl|fr|adjective|gender=f|personal

1. my (feminine form of mon)

Hungarian

Adverb
infl|hu|adverb

1. today

Noun
infl|hu|noun

1. today

Italian

Conjunction
infl|it|conjunction

1. but

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira�|kata�

1. �: hiragana character ma
2. �: katakana character ma
3. �: space, room
4. é­�: evil spirit

Category:Japanese romaji

Livonian

Pronoun
infl|fiu-liv|pronoun|short form of|mina

1. personal I

Lojban

Cmavo
ma

1. Used as a sumti, the word indicates asking for that sumti; thus it is equivalent to any of the English question words who, where, how, etc.

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Mandarin

Pinyin
cmn-alt-pinyin|ma|ma0|ma5

1. �: interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender
2. �: final interrogative particle
3. �: final interrogative particle
4. �: final exclamatory particle
5. �:
6. 麼: interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
7. 麽: interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny

Pinyin syllable
ma

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, m�, má, m�, or mà.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Old Frisian

Numeral
ma

1. one

Category:Old Frisian numbers

Scottish Gaelic

Adverb
infl|gd|adverb

1. if

#: "Ma tha thu 'g iarrraidh sin" ("If you are wanting that")

Sumerian

Conjunction
infl|sux|conjunction

1. and
2. but

Tz'utujil

Adverb
ma

1. not

Category:Tz'utujil adverbs

af:ma
ca:ma
de:ma
et:ma
el:ma
es:ma
fr:ma
ko:ma
io:ma
it:ma
ku:ma
hu:ma
ja:ma
no:ma
pl:ma
pt:ma
ru:ma
fi:ma
sv:ma
vi:ma
tr:ma
vo:ma
zh:ma

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