different between naa vs maa

English

Verb

naa

1. (Tyneside) Alternative spelling of knaa

Anagrams

• -ana, A.A.N., ANA, Aan, Ana, ana, ana-

Garo

Verb

naa

1. to rise
2. to appear

Related terms

• nabaa

Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

naa

1. yes

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Mandinka

Verb

naa

1. to come, approach

Adverb

naa

1. almost, nearly
2. on the verge

Noun

naa

1. mother
2. powdered baobab leaf
3. coming

Navajo

Postposition

naa

1. to you

2. about you, around
3. into you

Inflection

Ojibwe

Particle

naa

1. emphatic particle

Wolof

Pronoun

naa

1. I (first person singular terminative pronoun)

Usage notes

This pronoun conveys both person and aspect.

• forms past tense with action verbs or present tense with static verbs.

See also

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

maa

1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.

Verb

maa (third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)

1. (intransitive) To make such a sound.
   • 1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (page 126)

     Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...

Anagrams

• AAM, AMA, Ama, aam, ama

'Are'are

Noun

maa

1. eye
2. snake

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Determiner

máa

1. which? what?

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Barunggam

Noun

maa

1. hand

Further reading

• Barunggam body parts

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Finnish maa and Karelian mua.

Noun

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

1. earth
2. land
3. ground
4. country
5. countryside

Declension

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua, Erzya ?????? (mastor) (initial component), Komi-Zyrian ?? (mu), Udmurt ?? (mu), Mansi ??? (m?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??/, [?m??]
• Rhymes: -??
• Syllabification: maa

Noun

maa

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

7. (card games) suit

Usage notes

Due to the multiple meanings of maa, case forms are used to distinguish meanings.

Declension

• Prolative: maitse

Derived terms

Compounds

References

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Numeral

maa

1. five

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Guruntum

Noun

maa

1. water

References

• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 81

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??/
• Hyphenation: maa

Noun

maa (genitive maan, partitive maata)

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

Declension

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 300
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[3], page 126
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[4], ?ISBN, page 73

Iu Mien

Noun

maa 

1. mother

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

maa

1. obsolete typography of må

Nzadi

Noun

màá (plural màá)

1. mother

Coordinate terms

• tàá

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ?ISBN

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

Noun

maa (genitive maa, partitive maat)

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

Inflection

Derived terms

• maailma
• maamuna

References

• "maa" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.

Noun

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

Inflection

Derived terms

• maakund

Yoruba

Particle

máa

1. Used to express the durative or future tense.

Contraction

màá

1. Contraction of mo máa (“I'll”).