maca

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English

maca roots

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (countable and uncountable, plural macas)

  1. Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.
    Synonym: Peruvian ginseng
    • 2009, M. Hermann, T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:
      The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens []
    • 2007 March 18, G. Pascal Zachary, “Is the Key to Creativity in Your Pillbox, or in Your PC?”, in New York Times:
      The gap between what the Internet promises and what it delivers is part of the reason that people [] continue to turn to enhancers from caffeine to maca to virtual reality.
    • 2014, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, volume 9, page 802:
      Dried macas are cooked in water or milk and used to prepare a kind of sweet and aromatic porridge, mazamorra. The small macas are preferred, since they are less fibrous.

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈħa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Pronoun

macá

  1. what? (inanimate)
  • (what kind of?)

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “maca”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Noun

maca

  1. inflection of macë:
    1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural
    2. definite nominative singular

Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

  1. stick

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

maca

  1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 2

Verb

maca

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Central Nahuatl

Verb

maca

  1. To give.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb

maca

  1. give

Cubeo

Pronunciation

Noun

maca

  1. excrement, poop, fecal matter.

See also

References

  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maca", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Drehu

Noun

maca

  1. right (direction)

References

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation

Noun

maca

  1. maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

Declension

Inflection of maca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative maca macat
genitive macan macojen
partitive macaa macoja
illative macaan macoihin
singular plural
nominative maca macat
accusative nom. maca macat
gen. macan
genitive macan macojen
macain rare
partitive macaa macoja
inessive macassa macoissa
elative macasta macoista
illative macaan macoihin
adessive macalla macoilla
ablative macalta macoilta
allative macalle macoille
essive macana macoina
translative macaksi macoiksi
abessive macatta macoitta
instructive macoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative macani macani
accusative nom. macani macani
gen. macani
genitive macani macojeni
macaini rare
partitive macaani macojani
inessive macassani macoissani
elative macastani macoistani
illative macaani macoihini
adessive macallani macoillani
ablative macaltani macoiltani
allative macalleni macoilleni
essive macanani macoinani
translative macakseni macoikseni
abessive macattani macoittani
instructive
comitative macoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative macasi macasi
accusative nom. macasi macasi
gen. macasi
genitive macasi macojesi
macaisi rare
partitive macaasi macojasi
inessive macassasi macoissasi
elative macastasi macoistasi
illative macaasi macoihisi
adessive macallasi macoillasi
ablative macaltasi macoiltasi
allative macallesi macoillesi
essive macanasi macoinasi
translative macaksesi macoiksesi
abessive macattasi macoittasi
instructive
comitative macoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative macamme macamme
accusative nom. macamme macamme
gen. macamme
genitive macamme macojemme
macaimme rare
partitive macaamme macojamme
inessive macassamme macoissamme
elative macastamme macoistamme
illative macaamme macoihimme
adessive macallamme macoillamme
ablative macaltamme macoiltamme
allative macallemme macoillemme
essive macanamme macoinamme
translative macaksemme macoiksemme
abessive macattamme macoittamme
instructive
comitative macoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative macanne macanne
accusative nom. macanne macanne
gen. macanne
genitive macanne macojenne
macainne rare
partitive macaanne macojanne
inessive macassanne macoissanne
elative macastanne macoistanne
illative macaanne macoihinne
adessive macallanne macoillanne
ablative macaltanne macoiltanne
allative macallenne macoillenne
essive macananne macoinanne
translative macaksenne macoiksenne
abessive macattanne macoittanne
instructive
comitative macoinenne

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

maca

  1. vocative plural of mac

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maca mhaca not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese

Romanization

maca

  1. (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦩꦕ

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

maca

  1. singular imperative of macian

Paiwan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

maca

  1. eye

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca
  • Homophone: Maca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish מצה (matse).

Noun

maca f (related adjective macowy)

  1. (uncountable, Judaism) matzo (thin, unleavened bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik
  2. (countable, Judaism) matzo (piece of such bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish macameca. Compare German Metze.

Noun

maca f

  1. (obsolete) dry measure of grain
    Synonym: garniec
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maca

  1. third-person singular present of macać

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Pronunciation

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

  1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
  2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
  3. sailor’s hammock

Etymology 2

From Kimbundu maka (conversation, word).

Alternative forms

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

  1. (Angola) problem
    Não há maca.
    No problem.
  2. (Angola) argument, fuss

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French macao or Italian macao.

Noun

maca f (uncountable)

  1. Mau Mau (card game)

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎːt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ма́ца)

  1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty
    Synonym: mačka

Declension

References

  • maca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

  1. maca (Andean herb)

Etymology 2

Adjective

maca f

  1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 3

Verb

maca

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Taíno

Noun

maca

  1. tree

References