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Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
-ma -mə

-ma

  1. Form of -mə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Etymology 2

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
-ma -mə

-ma

  1. Form of -mə after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Bambara

Suffix

-ma

  1. particle indicating a link between two people

Derived terms

Suffix

-ma

  1. particle creating adjectives from common nouns

Derived terms

Choctaw

Suffix

-ma

  1. (demonstrative) that, those

See also

  • -pa (this)

Dutch

Suffix

-ma

  1. occurring in Dutch surnames of Frisian origin, ma is probably a shortened form of the old Frisian genitive plural -monna, 'the men's'. After this suffix had fallen into disuse in the Frisian language, it came to be considered as a suffix to form family names.

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-ma. Cognate with Finnish -ma.

Suffix

-ma (da-infinitive -ta)

  1. Forms verbs from nouns.
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-ma. Cognate with Finnish -ma.

Suffix

-ma

  1. The suffix of the ma-infinitive, which is the lemma form of a verb.

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-ma, from Proto-Uralic *-ma (compare Moksha -ма (-ma) in эряма (eŕama, life), кулома (kuloma, death)).

Suffix

-ma (front vowel harmony variant -mä, linguistic notation -mA)

  1. Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
    elää (to live) + ‎-ma → ‎elämä (life)
    kuolla (to die) + ‎-ma → ‎kuolema (death)
    osua (to hit) + ‎-ma → ‎osuma (hit)
    sattua (to take place) + ‎-ma → ‎sattuma (chance)
    tapahtua (to happen) + ‎-ma → ‎tapahtuma (event)
  2. (unproductive) Forms some diminutive nouns.
Inflection
Inflection of -ma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative -ma -mat
genitive -man -mien
partitive -maa -mia
illative -maan -miin
singular plural
nominative -ma -mat
accusative nom. -ma -mat
gen. -man
genitive -man -mien
-mainrare
partitive -maa -mia
inessive -massa -missa
elative -masta -mista
illative -maan -miin
adessive -malla -milla
ablative -malta -milta
allative -malle -mille
essive -mana -mina
translative -maksi -miksi
abessive -matta -mitta
instructive -min
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of -ma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -mani -mani
accusative nom. -mani -mani
gen. -mani
genitive -mani -mieni
-mainirare
partitive -maani -miani
inessive -massani -missani
elative -mastani -mistani
illative -maani -miini
adessive -mallani -millani
ablative -maltani -miltani
allative -malleni -milleni
essive -manani -minani
translative -makseni -mikseni
abessive -mattani -mittani
instructive
comitative -mineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -masi -masi
accusative nom. -masi -masi
gen. -masi
genitive -masi -miesi
-maisirare
partitive -maasi -miasi
inessive -massasi -missasi
elative -mastasi -mistasi
illative -maasi -miisi
adessive -mallasi -millasi
ablative -maltasi -miltasi
allative -mallesi -millesi
essive -manasi -minasi
translative -maksesi -miksesi
abessive -mattasi -mittasi
instructive
comitative -minesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -mamme -mamme
accusative nom. -mamme -mamme
gen. -mamme
genitive -mamme -miemme
-maimmerare
partitive -maamme -miamme
inessive -massamme -missamme
elative -mastamme -mistamme
illative -maamme -miimme
adessive -mallamme -millamme
ablative -maltamme -miltamme
allative -mallemme -millemme
essive -manamme -minamme
translative -maksemme -miksemme
abessive -mattamme -mittamme
instructive
comitative -minemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -manne -manne
accusative nom. -manne -manne
gen. -manne
genitive -manne -mienne
-mainnerare
partitive -maanne -mianne
inessive -massanne -missanne
elative -mastanne -mistanne
illative -maanne -miinne
adessive -mallanne -millanne
ablative -maltanne -miltanne
allative -mallenne -millenne
essive -mananne -minanne
translative -maksenne -miksenne
abessive -mattanne -mittanne
instructive
comitative -minenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative -mansa -mansa
accusative nom. -mansa -mansa
gen. -mansa
genitive -mansa -miensa
-mainsarare
partitive -maansa -miaan
-miansa
inessive -massaan
-massansa
-missaan
-missansa
elative -mastaan
-mastansa
-mistaan
-mistansa
illative -maansa -miinsa
adessive -mallaan
-mallansa
-millaan
-millansa
ablative -maltaan
-maltansa
-miltaan
-miltansa
allative -malleen
-mallensa
-milleen
-millensa
essive -manaan
-manansa
-minaan
-minansa
translative -makseen
-maksensa
-mikseen
-miksensa
abessive -mattaan
-mattansa
-mittaan
-mittansa
instructive
comitative -mineen
-minensa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-ma, from Proto-Uralic *-ma.

Suffix

-ma (front vowel harmony variant -mä, linguistic notation -mA)

  1. The suffix of the agent participle.
    ajaa (to drive) + ‎-ma → ‎ajama (driven by)
    miehen ajama autocar driven by the man
  2. The third infinitive suffix; not used on its own, and always receives one of a number of case endings.
Inflection
Inflection of -ma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative -ma -mat
genitive -man -mien
partitive -maa -mia
illative -maan -miin
singular plural
nominative -ma -mat
accusative nom. -ma -mat
gen. -man
genitive -man -mien
-mainrare
partitive -maa -mia
inessive -massa -missa
elative -masta -mista
illative -maan -miin
adessive -malla -milla
ablative -malta -milta
allative -malle -mille
essive -mana -mina
translative -maksi -miksi
abessive -matta -mitta
instructive -min
comitative -mine
Possessive forms of -ma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -mani -mani
accusative nom. -mani -mani
gen. -mani
genitive -mani -mieni
-mainirare
partitive -maani -miani
inessive -massani -missani
elative -mastani -mistani
illative -maani -miini
adessive -mallani -millani
ablative -maltani -miltani
allative -malleni -milleni
essive -manani -minani
translative -makseni -mikseni
abessive -mattani -mittani
instructive
comitative -mineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -masi -masi
accusative nom. -masi -masi
gen. -masi
genitive -masi -miesi
-maisirare
partitive -maasi -miasi
inessive -massasi -missasi
elative -mastasi -mistasi
illative -maasi -miisi
adessive -mallasi -millasi
ablative -maltasi -miltasi
allative -mallesi -millesi
essive -manasi -minasi
translative -maksesi -miksesi
abessive -mattasi -mittasi
instructive
comitative -minesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -mamme -mamme
accusative nom. -mamme -mamme
gen. -mamme
genitive -mamme -miemme
-maimmerare
partitive -maamme -miamme
inessive -massamme -missamme
elative -mastamme -mistamme
illative -maamme -miimme
adessive -mallamme -millamme
ablative -maltamme -miltamme
allative -mallemme -millemme
essive -manamme -minamme
translative -maksemme -miksemme
abessive -mattamme -mittamme
instructive
comitative -minemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -manne -manne
accusative nom. -manne -manne
gen. -manne
genitive -manne -mienne
-mainnerare
partitive -maanne -mianne
inessive -massanne -missanne
elative -mastanne -mistanne
illative -maanne -miinne
adessive -mallanne -millanne
ablative -maltanne -miltanne
allative -mallenne -millenne
essive -mananne -minanne
translative -maksenne -miksenne
abessive -mattanne -mittanne
instructive
comitative -minenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative -mansa -mansa
accusative nom. -mansa -mansa
gen. -mansa
genitive -mansa -miensa
-mainsarare
partitive -maansa -miaan
-miansa
inessive -massaan
-massansa
-missaan
-missansa
elative -mastaan
-mastansa
-mistaan
-mistansa
illative -maansa -miinsa
adessive -mallaan
-mallansa
-millaan
-millansa
ablative -maltaan
-maltansa
-miltaan
-miltansa
allative -malleen
-mallensa
-milleen
-millensa
essive -manaan
-manansa
-minaan
-minansa
translative -makseen
-maksensa
-mikseen
-miksensa
abessive -mattaan
-mattansa
-mittaan
-mittansa
instructive
comitative -mineen
-minensa
Derived terms

Garo

Etymology

Might be somewhat related to Chinese . This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Suffix

-ma

  1. Final particle which turns the sentence into a polar question.

Hungarian

Etymology

Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.. The neologists formed new words with it after artificially deducing it from words ending in -ma/-me.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ma

  1. (noun-forming suffix, rare) Added to a word to form a noun. No longer productive.
    játszik (to play) + ‎-ma → ‎játszma (game, match)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -ma is added to back-vowel words
    -me is added to front-vowel words

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -ma -mák
accusative -mát -mákat
dative -mának -máknak
instrumental -mával -mákkal
causal-final -máért -mákért
translative -mává -mákká
terminative -máig -mákig
essive-formal -maként -mákként
essive-modal -mául -mákul
inessive -mában -mákban
superessive -mán -mákon
adessive -mánál -máknál
illative -mába -mákba
sublative -mára -mákra
allative -mához -mákhoz
elative -mából -mákból
delative -máról -mákról
ablative -mától -máktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-máé -máké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-máéi -mákéi
Possessive forms of -ma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -mám -máim
2nd person sing. -mád -máid
3rd person sing. -mája -mái
1st person plural -mánk -máink
2nd person plural -mátok -máitok
3rd person plural -májuk -máik

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ -ma in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ma. Cognates include Finnish -ma and Estonian -m.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ma (front vowel variant -mä)

  1. Used to form result nouns from verbs.
    vettää (to pull) + ‎-ma → ‎vetämä (cartload)

Declension

Declension of -ma (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative -ma -mat
genitive -man -mmiin
partitive -mmaa -mmia
illative -mmaa -mmii
inessive -mas -mis
elative -mast -mist
allative -malle -mille
adessive -mal -mil
ablative -malt -milt
translative -maks -miks
essive -manna, -mmaan -minna, -mmiin
exessive1) -mant -mint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

Kambera

Pronoun

-ma

  1. first person plural exclusive genitive enclitic

See also

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *-ma; cognate to Apalaí -ma, Trió -ma, Wayana -ma, Waiwai -ma, Akawaio -ma, Macushi -ma, Pemon -ma, Ye'kwana -ma. Likely also ultimately related to the postposition me (functioning as).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ma

  1. 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’.
  2. Forms transitive verbs from loanwords.

Derived terms

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 133–134, 311
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “-ma”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume, University of Oregon, page 767

Laboya

Pronoun

-ma

  1. first person plural exclusive subject enclitic
  2. first person plural exclusive possessive enclitic

See also

Latvian

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ma

  1. 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. -ity).

Derived terms

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto -ma and Nüpode Huitoto -ma.

Pronunciation

Classifier

-ma

  1. Classifier for masculine animate nouns.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 170
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 207

Pali

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ma

  1. masculine/neuter vocative singular of -mant

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ـما (-ma).

Suffix

-ma

  1. Form of -me (negates verbs) after the vowels A / I / O / U.
    Artık senin için ağlamayacağım.
    I won't weep for you any more.

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ـمه (-ma).

Suffix

-ma

  1. Form of -me (forms verbal nouns) after the vowels A / I / O / U.
    Unutulmayı hiç sevmem.
    I really don't like to be forgotten.

Warlpiri

Suffix

-ma

  1. causative suffix; to cause to do (the resulting verb is a ni-class verb)

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *-ma; cognate to Apalaí -ma, Kari'na -ma, Trió -ma, Wayana -ma, Waiwai -ma, Akawaio -ma, Macushi -ma, Pemon -ma.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ma

  1. 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

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ma”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 148