maga

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maga.

Noun

maga

  1. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood.

Barngarla

Pronunciation

Particle

maga

  1. no, not so, it is not

References

Breton

Verb

maga

  1. to feed

Catalan

Noun

maga f (plural magues)

  1. female equivalent of mag

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish maga, from Proto-Brythonic *mėgɨd, from Proto-Celtic *maketi (to raise), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (long, to raise). Cognate with Welsh magu.

Verb

maga

  1. to rear, to nurture

Galician

Etymology

Attested in the 12th century in local Latin documents. From Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *magô (stomach). Cognate of English maw.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

  1. guts (of fish)
    • 1973, Álvaro Cunqueiro, A Cociña Galega, Vigo: Galaxia, page 106:
      A sardiña fresca ou revenida, debe ir á parrilla enteira, con toda a súa maga ou tripa, e sin escamar
      The sardines, either fresh or salted, must be grilled with their guts or entrails, and with their scales

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. maga.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “amagar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of mag (body) +‎ -a (possessive suffix). This original meaning of the root word cannot be found in Hungarian, but it is attested in related languages.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Pronoun

maga (plural maguk)

  1. (personal) you (formal, singular)

Usage notes

There is some stylistic difference between maga and ön, although both are used with the formal third-person verb forms. For historical reasons, maga is generally held to be somewhat disrespectful or even deprecating between speakers of the same social status and age, though it is still widely used one-sidedly in conversations where one of the speakers is superior in status (e.g. by a teacher). It is also the preferred form of address in more familiar relations and among older generations or those living in rural communities.[2]

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative maga
accusative magát
dative magának
instrumental magával
causal-final magáért
translative magává
terminative magáig
essive-formal magaként
essive-modal
inessive magában
superessive magán
adessive magánál
illative magába
sublative magára
allative magához
elative magából
delative magáról
ablative magától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
magáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
magáéi

Derived terms

See also

Pronoun

maga

  1. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself
    Péter lelőtte magát.Peter has shot himself.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative maga
accusative magát
dative magának
instrumental magával
causal-final magáért
translative magává
terminative magáig
essive-formal magaként
essive-modal
inessive magában
superessive magán
adessive magánál
illative magába
sublative magára
allative magához
elative magából
delative magáról
ablative magától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
magáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
magáéi

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

References

  1. ^ maga 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.)
  2. ^ György Rákosi: Maga vagy ön? in Névmásblog, 15 September 2014

Further reading

  • (oneself): maga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ( you): maga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

maga

  1. inflection of magi:
    1. indefinite accusative
    2. indefinite dative singular
    3. indefinite genitive

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: mà‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

maga f (plural maghe)

  1. female equivalent of mago

Adjective

maga f sg

  1. feminine singular of mago

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maga

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English meager/meagre.

Adjective

maga

  1. Alternative spelling of mawga
    • Sorry fe maga dog, maga dog, turn round bite you — Peter Tosh, Maga Dog, 1964

Japanese

Romanization

maga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まが

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

maga f (genitive magae); first declension

  1. a witch, an enchantress, a (female) magician

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative maga magae
genitive magae magārum
dative magae magīs
accusative magam magās
ablative magā magīs
vocative maga magae

Adjective

maga

  1. inflection of magus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

magā

  1. ablative feminine singular of magus

References

  • maga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

maga (present tense magar, past tense maga, past participle maga, passive infinitive magast, present participle magande, imperative maga/mag)

  1. Alternative spelling of mage

Old English

Etymology 1

From the verb magan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

maga

  1. capable
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *magō.

Pronunciation

Noun

maga m

  1. stomach
  2. maw
Declension

Weak:

Descendants
  • Middle English: maȝe, maghe, mawe

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *māg.

Pronunciation

Noun

māga m

  1. son
  2. relative
    • "The Wife's Lament"
      Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.
      The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.
Declension

Weak:

Descendants

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

māga

  1. genitive plural of mǣġ

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

maga

  1. inflection of magu:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/acc/gen plural

Old Norse

Noun

maga

  1. indefinite genitive plural of mǫgr

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ga

Verb

maga

  1. third-person singular present of magać

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ga

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

  1. female equivalent of mago

Adjective

maga

  1. feminine singular of mago

Spanish

Etymology 1

See mago.

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

  1. female magician, female conjurer

Adjective

maga

  1. feminine singular of mago

Etymology 2

Attested since Europeans began to encroach on Puerto Rico, a local Taíno formation one would believe.

Alternative forms

Noun

maga m (plural magas)

  1. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

See baga (abscess; tumor). Possibly a back-formation of mamaga (to swell), as in namaga (swollen) with the first syllable elided.

Pronunciation

Adjective

magâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ)

  1. swollen; distended; inflamed; engorged
    Synonyms: gambol, malirong
  2. plump from absorbing water

Noun

magâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ)

  1. swelling; distension; inflammation
    Synonyms: bukol, umbok, tambok, pantal, alsa
  2. engorgement from water absorption

Derived terms

Further reading

  • maga”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • maga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1158
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 680

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀa, compare Maranao mara.

Adjective

magá

  1. dry