maz

maz

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Central Mazahua.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Central Mazahua terms

Inherited from Old Czech maz, from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmas]

maz m inan

1. wax, grease

   ušní maz ― earwax

   kožní maz ― sebum

• “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)

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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 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

3. (used as a noun) little, not much

   maz tika pateikts ― little, not much was said

• daudz
• ļoti

• nemaz
• vismaz

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

maz ?

1. food, meat

• Middle High German: maz

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mazь.

maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз)

1. ointment

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maźas, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵʰ-, *moǵʰ- (“big, small”). Compare Lithuanian mãžas, Latvian mazs, Old Prussian massais ([mazais], “smaller”).^[1][2]

maz

1. small

   Antonym: łełſ (“big”)

   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 129, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     mały — maz

     mały — small

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˧˩/
• Tone numbers: ma²
• Hyphenation: maz

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maz (Sawndip forms 庅 or 么 or 吗 or 麻, 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

1. what

• gijmaz

From Chinese 麻 (MC mae).

maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

1. to go numb

   Synonym: mwnh

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maz (1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

1. acute disease, such as a sunstroke

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).

maz (Sawndip form 麻, 1957–1982 spelling maƨ)

1. (dialectal) to come

   Synonym: daeuj

• ma