maka

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "maka"

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑkə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːkə

Noun

maka (plural makas)

  1. (chiefly Hawaii) eye
    Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".
    I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.
    • 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:
      He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.
    • 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:
      da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...
    • 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:
      Open your makas, man!

Anagrams

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

maka

  1. to give.

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tahitian mata.

Noun

maka

  1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
  2. face
  3. bud
  4. beloved one
  5. mesh of a net
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: maka

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tokelauan mata.

Verb

maka

  1. (stative) raw (undercooked)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

maka

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

Noun

maka

  1. indefinite genitive of mök

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay maka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaka/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ka, -a

Conjunction

maka

  1. so
  2. therefore

Usage notes

The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu".

Derived terms

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

maka

  1. (Banawá) snake

References

Japanese

Romanization

maka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まか

Latvian

Noun

maka m

  1. genitive singular of maks

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

maka

  1. inflection of mak:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Maori

Etymology

Borrowing from English mug.

Verb

maka

  1. throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands)
  2. place, put, put in
    Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana.
    Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.

Noun

maka

  1. fish hook
    Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu.
    Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his his fish-hook as bait.

Noun

maka

  1. mug
    He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa.
    Mugs, twopence or four pence.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

See maki (“match, partner”)

Noun

maka f (genitive mǫku)

  1. female mate
Declension
  Declension of maka (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative maka makan mǫkur mǫkurnar
accusative mǫku mǫkuna mǫkur mǫkurnar
dative mǫku mǫkunni mǫkum mǫkunum
genitive mǫku mǫkunnar makna maknanna
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

maka

  1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of maki

References

  • “maka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pipil

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”).

Pronunciation

Verb

-maka

  1. (transitive) to give
    Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.
    Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.
  2. (transitive, informal) to punish; to hit
    Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.
    She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.
Alternative forms
  • (shortened) -ma

Etymology 2

Particle

maka

  1. Negative imperative marker
    Maka shimutalukan kalijtik
    Don't run inside (the house)
Alternative forms
  • (shortened) mā

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compare Jamaican Creole macca, Jamaican Creole macka.

Noun

maka

  1. thorn, barb, spine, spike

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make.

Noun

maka c

  1. spouse; wife; married woman
Declension
Declension of maka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative maka makan makor makorna
Genitive makas makans makors makornas
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, see also German machen.

Verb

maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)

  1. To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
  2. To move oneself slightly, for example to make room for someone in a sofa or allow someone to reach objects behind oneself
    Kan du maka (på) dig lite så att jag får plats?
    Could you move over a bit to make space for me?
Conjugation
Conjugation of maka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive maka —
Supine makat —
Imperative maka —
Imper. plural1 maken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative makar makade — —
Ind. plural1 maka makade — —
Subjunctive2 make makade — —
Participles
Present participle makande
Past participle makad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms

References

Tongan

Pronunciation

Noun

maka

  1. rock; stone.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan རྨ་ཁ (rma kha).

Pronunciation

Noun

maka

  1. wound

References

  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

Yanomamö

Noun

maka

  1. stomach, belly

References

  • Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
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