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Translingual
Symbol
maz
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Central Mazahua .
See also
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech maz , from Proto-Slavic *mazь .
Pronunciation
Noun
maz m inan
wax , grease
ušní maz ― earwax
kožní maz ― sebum
Declension
Declension of maz (hard masculine inanimate )
Further reading
“maz ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“maz ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“maz ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Latvian
Pronunciation
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Adverb
maz
little ; adverbial form of mazs
( with noun in genitive ) little , a little , few , a few ; adverbial form of mazs ( small indeterminate quantity or amount )
maz mitruma ― little moisture, a little moisture
maz darba ― little work, a little work
maz draugu ― few friends, a few friends
maz ābolu ― few apples, a few apples
( used as a noun ) little , not much
maz tika pateikts ― little , not much was said
Antonyms
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mati . Cognate with Old English mete , Old Norse matr .
Noun
maz ?
food , meat
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь .
Noun
maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз )
ointment
Declension
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maźas , from Proto-Indo-European *meǵʰ- , *moǵʰ- ( “ big, small ” ) . Compare Lithuanian mãžas , Latvian mazs , Old Prussian massais ( , “ smaller ” ) .[ 1] [ 2]
Adjective
maz
small
Antonym: łełſ ( “ big ” )
References
^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985 ) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary? ]”, in Baltistica , volume 21 , number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI , page 76 : “maz ’mažas, l. mały’ 129. ”
^ “mãžas ” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. maz adj.(?), adv.(?) ‘klein’”.
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Pronoun
maz (Sawndip forms 庅 or 么 or 吗 or 麻 , 1957–1982 spelling maƨ )
what
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Chinese 麻 (MC mae ).
Verb
maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ )
to go numb
Synonym: mwnh
Etymology 3
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Noun
maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ )
acute disease , such as a sunstroke
Etymology 4
From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ ( “ to come ” ) . Cognate with Thai มา ( maa ) , Northern Thai ᨾᩣ ( ma ) , Lao ມາ ( mā ) , Lü ᦙᦱ ( maa ) , Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ ( mäa ) , Shan မႃး ( máa ) , Aiton မႃ ( mā ) , Ahom 𑜉𑜠 ( ma ) or 𑜉𑜡 ( mā ) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 ( māa ) .
Verb
maz (Sawndip form 麻 , 1957–1982 spelling maƨ )
( dialectal ) to come
Synonym: daeuj