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English
maca roots
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maca , from Quechua maqa .
Noun
maca (countable and uncountable , plural macas )
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
what ? (inanimate)
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
inflection of macë :
indefinite nominative / accusative plural
definite nominative singular
Arabela
Noun
maca (plural macaca )
stick
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
maca
feminine singular of maco
Etymology 2
Verb
maca
inflection of macar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Central Nahuatl
Verb
maca
To give .
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *maka , from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC .
Verb
maca
give
Cubeo
Pronunciation
Noun
maca
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
right ( direction )
References
Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983 ) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification . Cited in: "Dehu " in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R. , & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics . Evolutionary Bioinformatics , 4:271–283.
Leenhardt, M. (1946 ) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie . Cited in: "ⁿDe’u " in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R. , & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics . Evolutionary Bioinformatics , 4:271–283.
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish maca , from Quechua maqa .
Pronunciation
Noun
maca
maca , Peruvian ginseng , Lepidium meyenii
Declension
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
maca
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
( Indonesian ) Romanization of ꦩꦕ
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
maca
singular imperative of macian
Paiwan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *maCa .
Noun
maca
eye
Polish
maca
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Yiddish מצה ( matse ) .
Noun
maca f (related adjective macowy )
( uncountable , Judaism ) matzo ( thin, unleavened bread )
Synonym: przaśnik
( countable , Judaism ) matzo ( piece of such bread )
Synonym: przaśnik
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Polish maca / meca . Compare German Metze .
Noun
maca f
( obsolete ) dry measure of grain
Synonym: garniec
Declension
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
maca
third-person singular present of macać
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca .
Pronunciation
Noun
maca f (plural macas )
stretcher ( simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person )
gurney ( wheeled bed used in hospitals )
sailor ’s hammock
Etymology 2
From Kimbundu maka ( “ conversation, word ” ) .
Noun
maca f (plural macas )
( Angola ) problem
( Angola ) argument , fuss
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French macao or Italian macao .
Noun
maca f (uncountable )
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 )
( hypocoristic ) cat , kitty
Synonym: mačka
Declension
References
“maca ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmaka/
Rhymes: -aka
Syllabification: ma‧ca
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Quechua maqa .
Noun
maca f (plural macas )
maca ( Andean herb )
Etymology 2
Adjective
maca f
feminine singular of maco
Etymology 3
Verb
maca
inflection of macar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Taíno
Noun
maca
tree
References