maa

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.^[1] Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua, Erzya мастор (mastor)^[2] (initial component), Komi-Zyrian му (mu), Udmurt му (mu), Northern Mansi ма̄ (mā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): maa

Noun

maa

1. ground, land (surface of the Earth, especially that which is not covered by water)

   Panin sen maahan.

   I put it on the ground.

   1. (by extension) ground, floor, down (physically lower, no matter the material)

      Hän on maassa.

      He is on the ground. (after being hit)

2. soil, earth (material)

   Synonym: multa

   tonni maata ― a ton of soil

   Maasta sinä olet, ja maaksi pitää sinun jälleen tuleman.

   Dust you are, and to dust you will return.

3. country (territory of a nation)

   mennä maahan ― to go into the country (e.g. Spain)

   Hän on maassa.

   He is in the country. (within the national boundary)

   Jokainen kuiva alue maapallolla Antarktista lukuun ottamatta kuuluu johonkin maahan.

   Every dry part of land on Earth, apart from Antarctica, is part of some country.

4. land (area of land, as property or for farming, etc.)

   Omistan maata.

   I own (some) land.

   Nämä ovat Sakkolan isännän maita.

   These are lands belonging to the lord/master of Sakkola.

5. countryside (area outside of towns and cities, or such part of a larger area)

   Synonym: maaseutu

   mennä maalle ― to go to the countryside

   Hän on maalla.

   He is in the countryside.

   Muutin maalta kaupunkiin.

   I moved into the city from the countryside.

6. (card games) suit

   Mikä maa on valttia?

   Which suit is the trump suit?

7. (electronics) ground, earth (electrical conductor connected to the earth)

   Kytkimien toinen jalka kytketään maahan.

   One of the two connectors of the switch will be connected to the ground.

References

Further reading

• “maa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː/

Etymology 1

The sense "five" is a recent extension during the efforts to revitalise Gamilaraay, drawn from the fact that many languages use the same word for "hand" and "five", and that this semantic extension was also used to derive the word for "five" in other Indigenous Australian languages which traditionally did not have a word for "five".

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “I am not sure if these are different etymologies”)

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Noun

maa

1. water

References

• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 81

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: maa

Noun

maa

1. earth
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Paljo uutta ja interesnoita töö saatta tiitä maast, kus möö elämmä.

     You will get to know a lot of new and interesting things about the earth, where we live.

2. soil
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Alemmas pintamaa ain muuttijaa, ain vaaliammaks ja viimen männöö samalaiseks, ku i alumain maa.

     Further down the topsoil always changes, always lighter and finally becomes just like the underlying soil.

3. land
4. ground
5. country
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 50:

     Punain armia ja flootta hoitaat meijen maata.

     The Red Army and Fleet protect our country.

6. floor (bottom part of a room)
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Kirjan viskais maaha.

     He threw the book onto the floor.

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ма”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 677
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 300
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 73

Noun

maa 

1. mother

Verb

maa

1. obsolete typography of må

Noun

màá (plural màá)

1. mother

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Etymology

Inherited from Latin malam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.a/

Adjective

maa

1. feminine singular of mao

Adverb

maa

1. there

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 141

Etymology

Initialism of med anledning av.

Preposition

maa

1. because of, due to

   Synonym: p.g.a.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe.

Noun

maa (genitive maa, partitive maad)

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/, [ˈmɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: maa

Noun

maa

1. earth
2. soil
3. land
4. ground
5. country
6. countryside

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː/

Verb

maa

1. (transitive) to hold
2. (transitive) to seize

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Noun

maa

1. rain

References

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

Verb

maa

1. Alternative form of mye
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 15:

     Maa bee haghed i more caar an angish than Ich."

     May be upset in more care and hardship than I."

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

Etymology 1

Etymology 2