Appendix:Toki Pona/ma

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

Etymology

From Finnish maa (“earth, land”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

ma

  1. land; earth; ground; soil
  2. the outdoors
  3. a world or place, especially a terrestrial one
    • 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
      lon ma tomo pi jan ala, la kalama pona li lon.
      In the abandoned city, there are good noises.
      (literally, “In the place of buildings of no people, …”)
  4. a territory such as a country
    • 2014, Sonja Lang, “Hieroglyphs”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, →ISBN, page 111:
      ma Kanata li suli
      Canada is large.

Derived terms

Adjective

ma

  1. (relational) land; terrestrial; telluric; national

Verb

ma

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or turn into land, such as to reclaim land, compost, or terraform
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