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-ma
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Appendix:Variations of "ma"
Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
az negative
Suffix
ma mə
az suffix form
Form of az -mə negative after the vowels A / I / O / U.
Etymology 2
az verbal noun
Suffix
ma mə
az suffix form
Form of az -mə verbal noun after the vowels A / I / O / U.
Bambara
Suffix
bm suffix
particle indicating a link between two people
Derived terms
bm filanima twin
bm sinama co-wife
bm terima friend
bm tɔgɔma homonym
Suffix
bm suffix
particle creating adjectives from common nouns
Derived terms
bm sukaroma sweet
bm kɔgɔma salty
bm nɔnɔma with milk
bm cɛma male
bm musoma female
Choctaw
Suffix
cho suffix
cho demonstrative that, those
See also
cho -pa this
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl -ema <qq:chiefly in Groningen province>
Etymology
Uncertain, but most likely ultimately from nl ofs monna m-p the men's, belonging to the men; one of the men of, the genitive plural of ofs man. Initially only affixed to given names which were often heavily inflected with fy -s- in the process. Later also affixed to toponyms, addresses (such as the names of houses or farms) and professions; saw wide adoption in Frisia, and to a lesser extent in Groningen, upon the compulsory introduction of surnames in the Netherlands in 1813, as an expression of Frisian heritage.
Pronunciation
nl /maː/
nl Nl-ma.ogg
Suffix
nl suffix noun-forming suffixes
Forms surnames
Derived terms
nl
Estonian
Etymology 1
From et urj-fin-pro *-ma. Cognate with fi -ma.
Suffix
1 -ta
Forms verbs from nouns.
Inflection
- a
Derived terms
et
Etymology 2
From et urj-fin-pro *-ma. Cognate with fi -ma.
Suffix
et suffix inflectional suffixes
The suffix of the ma-infinitive, which is the lemma form of a verb.
Finnish
Etymology 1
fi nominal
From fi urj-fin-pro *-ma action, from fi urj-pro *-ma (compare mdf -ма in myv эряма life, myv кулома death).
Suffix
noun mä
Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
fi elää to live -mä elämä life
fi kuolla to die kuolema death
fi osua to hit osuma hit
fi sattua to take place sattuma chance
fi tapahtua to happen tapahtuma event
fi unproductive Forms some diminutive nouns.
Used to form the combining form of some verbs.
fi uida to swim uima-
Inflection
-m a
Derived terms
fi nominal
fi -maton -minen -mo -mus
Etymology 2
fi participial
From fi urj-fin-pro *-ma participle, from fi urj-pro *-ma.
Suffix
adjective mä
The suffix of the agent participle.
fi ajaa to drive ajama driven by
fi miehen ajama auto — fi car driven by the man
fi infinitive The third infinitive suffix; not used on its own, and always receives one of a number of case endings.
Inflection
adj -m a
Derived terms
fi participial
Further reading
Garo
Etymology
Might be somewhat related to zh 嗎. grt
Suffix
grt suffix
Final particle which turns the sentence into a polar question.
Hungarian
Etymology
. The neologists formed new words with it after artificially deducing it from words ending in -ma/-me.
Pronunciation
Suffix
hu suffix
hu noun-forming suffix rare Added to a word to form a noun. No longer productive.
hu játszik to play játszma game, match
Usage notes
noun-forming suffix Variants:
hu -ma is added to back-vowel words
hu -me is added to front-vowel words
Declension
-má o y y-má
Derived terms
hu noun
See also
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
Ingrian
Etymology
izh urj-pro 1
From izh urj-fin-pro *-ma. Cognates include fi -ma and et -m.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-mä
Used to form result nouns from verbs.
izh vettää to pull vetämä cartload
Declension
m m
Derived terms
izh
Japanese
Romanization
ま
Kambera
Pronoun
xbr pronoun
first person plural exclusive genitive enclitic
See also
xbr pronominal clitics
Kari'na
Etymology
From car sai-car-pro *-ma; cognate to apy -ma, tri -ma, way -ma, waw -ma, ake -ma, mbc -ma, aoc -ma, mch -ma. Likely also ultimately related to the postposition car me functioning as.
Pronunciation
Suffix
car suffix
Forms transitive verbs from nouns and adverbs, with no single clear meaning common to these derivations, but often ‘to cause to become or gain the qualities of’.
Forms transitive verbs from loanwords.
Derived terms
car
References
133–134, 311
-ma 767
Laboya
Pronoun
lmy pronoun pronominal clitics
first person plural exclusive subject enclitic
first person plural exclusive possessive enclitic
See also
Latvian
Alternative forms
lv -me
lv -sme
Suffix
Added to adjectives (sometimes to nouns) to form abstract nouns, especially those referring to the state or property that corresponds to the original adjective (like, e.g., Eng. en -ity).
Derived terms
lv
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include hto -ma and hux -ma.
Pronunciation
Classifier
huu classifier
Classifier for masculine animate nouns.
Coordinate terms
huu -ño
Derived terms
huu
Related terms
huu -mɨe
References
170
207
Old English
Suffix
ang suffix
ang -uma
Pali
Alternative forms
Suffix
pi suffix form
pi -mant m//n voc s
Potawatomi
Etymology
pot alg-pro *-am. Cognate to oj -am. pot -'an.
Pronunciation
Suffix
pot suffix an pot transitive 1
to do
pot -'a
pot ndo-<id:to summon> ndoma
pot wab-<id:bright> wabma
Derived terms
pot ndoma
pot wabma
See also
pot -dan
Turkish
Etymology 1
tr negative suffix :inh ota:ـما<tr:-ma> + 1
Suffix
tr suffix form
-me a negates verbs
tr Artık senin için ağlamayacağım. I won't weep for you any more.
Etymology 2
tr verbal noun suffix :inh ota:ـمه<tr:-ma> + 1
Suffix
tr suffix form
-me a forms verbal nouns
tr Unutulmayı hiç sevmem. I really don't like to be forgotten.
Warlpiri
Suffix
wbp suffixes
causative suffix; to cause to do (the resulting verb is a wbp -ni ni-class verb)
Ye'kwana
Etymology
From mch sai-car-pro *-ma; cognate to apy -ma, car -ma, tri -ma, way -ma, waw -ma, ake -ma, mbc -ma, aoc -ma.
Pronunciation
Suffix
mch suffix
Forms transitive verbs from nouns and adverbs, with no single clear meaning common to these derivations.
Usage notes
Derivations with this suffix are often not transparent, with various changes being found in the stem. Quite likely such derivations are old and this suffix has long since stopped being productive.
Derived terms
mch
References
148 -ma