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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (uncountable)

1. The Andean medicinal herb Lepidium meyenii, or an extract of the root of this plant.
   • 2009, M. Hermann and 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 […]

Synonyms

• Peruvian ginseng

Translations

See also

• Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AACM, ACMA, Cama, MCAA, cama

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????/

Pronoun

macá

1. what? (inanimate)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

1. stick

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ka/

Adjective

maca

1. feminine singular of maco

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb

maca

1. give

Drehu

Noun

maca

1. right (direction)

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Finnish

Noun

maca

1. maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ak?/

Noun

maca

1. vocative plural of mac

Mutation

Javanese

Etymology

N- +? waca (“to read”)

Verb

maca (ngoko maca, krama maos)

1. to read

References

• "maca" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Paiwan

Alternative forms

• matsa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

maca

1. eye

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.t?sa/

Verb

maca

1. third-person singular present of maca?

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
3. sailor’s hammock

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t?sa/
• Hyphenation: ma?ca

Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty

Declension

Synonyms

• (cat): ma?ka

References

• “maca” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?maka/, [?ma.ka]

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. maca (Andean herb)

Further reading

• “maca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

maco (uncountable)

1. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.

Anagrams

• OAMC, camo, coma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish majo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.ku/

Adjective

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural maques)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: bonic

2. nice, lovely

   Synonym: agradable

Derived terms

• quemaco

Further reading

• “maco” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “maco” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat?so/
• Hyphenation: ma?co
• Rhymes: -at?so

Noun

maco (accusative singular macon, plural macoj, accusative plural macojn)

1. matzo, matzah

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mako/, [?ma.ko]

Noun

maco m (plural macos)

1. prison