maz

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Translingual

Symbol

maz

  1. (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

  1. wax, grease
    ušní mazearwax
    kožní mazsebum

Declension

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

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Adverb

maz

  1. little; adverbial form of mazs
  2. (with noun in genitive) little, a little, few, a few; adverbial form of mazs (small indeterminate quantity or amount)
    maz mitrumalittle moisture, a little moisture
    maz darbalittle work, a little work
    maz draugufew friends, a few friends
    maz ābolufew apples, a few apples
  3. (used as a noun) little, not much
    maz tika pateiktslittle, not much was said

Antonyms

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mati. Cognate with Old English mete, Old Norse matr.

Noun

maz ?

  1. food, meat

Descendants

  • Middle High German: maz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

Noun

maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз)

  1. 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

  1. small
    Antonym: łełſ (big)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ mãžas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. maz adj.(?), adv.(?) ‘klein’”.

Zhuang

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

maz (Sawndip forms or or or , 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. what
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Chinese (MC mae).

Verb

maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. to go numb
    Synonym: mwnh

Etymology 3

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Noun

maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. 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 (), ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 () or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

Verb

maz (Sawndip form , 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

  1. (dialectal) to come
    Synonym: daeuj