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zaa
English
Noun
zaa (plural zaas)
- The letter ? in the Arabic script.
- 2006, Coleman South, Leslie Jermyn, Syria (page 95)
- Z (zaa): a loose-tongued z; same as above.
- 2013, Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar, Colloquial Arabic of Egypt
- the letter Zaa, formally an emphatic 'z', but often pronounced as an emphatic 'd' in Egyptian Arabic
- 2006, Coleman South, Leslie Jermyn, Syria (page 95)
Translations
Anagrams
- aza, aza-
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.
Pronunciation
Verb
-zaa (infinitive kuzaa)
- give birth, bear
- beget
Conjugation
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -zalia
- Causative: -zalisha
- Passive: -zawa, -zaliwa (“be born”)
- Nominal derivations:
- mzazi
- uzazi
- zao (“offspring; crops (in the plural)”)
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maa
English
Etymology
Imitative.
Interjection
maa
- 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)
- (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...
- 1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (page 126)
Anagrams
- AAM, AMA, Ama, aam, ama
'Are'are
Noun
maa
- eye
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- earth
- land
- ground
- country
- 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
- earth
- soil
- land
- ground
- country
- countryside
- (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
- five
References
- (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
Guruntum
Noun
maa
- 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)
- earth
- soil
- land
- ground
- country
- 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
- mother
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
maa
- obsolete typography of må
Nzadi
Noun
màá (plural màá)
- 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)
- earth
- soil
- land
- ground
- country
- 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)
- earth
- soil
- land
- ground
- country
- countryside
Inflection
Derived terms
- maakund
Yoruba
Particle
máa
- Used to express the durative or future tense.
Contraction
màá
- Contraction of mo máa (“I'll”).
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