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Webster 1913 Edition

Ma

Ma

(mä)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Mamma
.]
1.
A child’s word for
mother
.
2.
[Hind.]
In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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Ma

,
c
onj.
[It.]
(Mus.)
But; – used in cautionary phrases;
as, “Vivace,
ma
non troppo presto” (i. e., lively, but not too quick)
.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Definition 2024

mä

mä

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Finnish

Pronoun

mä

  1. (personal, colloquial) I (first person singular personal pronoun)
Declension
  • Irregular: the comitative, instructive and abessive cases are not used, the table shows an expression which means the same.
  • In addition to the standard set of cases, mä as well as minä and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, mut.
Declension of mä
noun case singular plural
nominative mä –
genitive mun –
partitive mua –
accusative mut –
inessive mussa –
elative musta –
illative muhun –
adessive mulla –
ablative multa –
allative mulle –
essive muna –
translative muksi / muks –
instructive mun avulla –
abessive ilman mua –
comitative – mun kanssa

Synonyms

  • minä (standard Finnish)
  • ma (archaic, poetic)
  • mie (dialectal, eastern)
  • miä (dialectal)
  • mää (dialectal)
  • mnää (dialectal, Rauma)

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from French mais.

Conjunction

mä

  1. but

Synonyms

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