Alemannic German

Noun

Maa m ‎(plural Mane or Manne, diminutive Maali or Mändli)

1. man
2. husband

Estonian

Proper noun

Maa

1. Earth (planet)

Synonyms

• maakera
• maamuna

Related terms

• maailm
• maa

See also

• (planets of the solar system) planeedid Päikesesüsteemi; Merkuur, Veenus, Maa, Marss, Jupiter, Saturn, Uraan, Neptuun

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/

Proper noun

Maa

1. the planet Earth

Synonyms

• maapallo

Related terms

• maailma

English

Interjection

maa

1. A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.

Verb

maa ‎(third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)

1. (intransitive) To make such a sound.
   • 1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (page 126)

     Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...

   • 2000, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes

     Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. The cows mooed, the sheep maaed […]

Anagrams

• aam, AAM
• ama, AMA

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

maa ‎(genitive maa, partitive maad)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• isamaa
• välismaa
• õueaiamaa
• maakond

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa, from Proto-Uralic *mëxe. Possibly, borrowed from an Indo-Aryan language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s ‎(“great”).^[1] Cognates include Estonian maa and Karelian mua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: maa

Noun

maa

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

   Voi mennä maalle. One can go to the countryside.

   Voi mennä maahan. One can go into the country. (e.g. to Spain)

   Panin sen maahan. I put it on the ground.

   Hän on maalla. He is in the countryside.

   Hän on maassa. He is in the country. (within the national boundary).

   Hän on maassa. He is on the ground (e.g. after being hit).

7. (card games) suit

Usage notes

Due to the multiple meanings of maa, case forms are used to distinguish meanings.

Declension

Derived terms

• adjectives: maallinen, maaton, mainen
• nouns: maailma, maalainen, maasto, maatamo
• verbs: maadoittaa, maata, maatua

Compounds

References

1. ↑

Guruntum

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

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Noun

maa ‎(genitive maan, partitive maata)

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

Declension

Votic

Etymology

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

Noun

maa ‎(genitive maa, partitive maat)

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• maailma
• maamuna

References

• "maa" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Võro

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

Inflection

Derived terms

• maakund

1. ↑ maa in Giellatekno Ingrian paradigm generator