Maka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Mąka, and also from Tamil மகா (makā).

Proper noun

Maka (plural Makas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maka is the 35395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Maka is most common among White (59.28%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (27.99%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 495.

Anagrams

• Kama, kama

Hausa

Alternative forms

• Makkà

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.kà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Makà f

1. Mecca (a city in Saudi Arabia)

Derived terms

• Ƙasar Maka (“Saudi Arabia”)
• (poetic) tsuntsun Maka (“peacock”, literally “bird of Mecca”)

Descendants

• → Nupe: Mákàn

Hawaiian

Etymology

From maka (“eye; beloved one”), also a short form of compound names containing this word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ka/,

Proper noun

Maka

1. a female given name from Hawaiian, less often given to men

Related terms

• Kamaka
• Nāmaka

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maka occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 21 women and 2 men.

Maranao

Proper noun

Maka

1. Mecca

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Ngazidja Comorian

Proper noun

Maka

1. Mecca

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Maca — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly from Malay Mekah, from Arabic مَكَّة (makka, “Mecca”). Compare Maranao Maka and Tausug Makka. Possible doublet of Meka.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/,
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Ma‧ka

Proper noun

Maka (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃ) (historical)

1. Paradise

   Synonyms: Paraiso, langit, eden

See also

References

• Blair, Emma Helen (1903) “Custom of the Tagalogs”, in The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century‎, volume 7, translation of original by Juan de Plasencia

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 174