maka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maka"

Languages (22)

English

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English

Etymology

From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

Noun

maka (plural makas)

1. (chiefly Hawaii) eye

   Getting my makas checked so I can actually SEE! Maybe life will be clear with a new set of "eyes".

   I felt the warm water, my makas looked into the sky. Thank you for my love of my islands.

   • 1989, Newspaper Guild Convention, Proceedings ... Annual Convention, page 177:

     He may be weak in his makas, his eyes, but he has been blessed by an excess in his mana'o, his mind.

   • 2000, Fred Wei-han Ho, Legacy to Liberation, →ISBN:

     da rain an da makas yeh, da eyes, da makas dat luk da mowntans an spak da new hi'way runnin tru da vallee da eyes dat see nottin' but one beeg town ...

   • 2007, Victor Rodger, Sons, →ISBN, page 77:

     Open your makas, man!

Anagrams

• Kama, kama

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

maka

1. to give.

Gabadi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka/

Noun

maka

1. the eye (of someone); someone's eyeball

   maka'una ― my eye.

   makanada ― eyes.his.pl

Declension

inflection of stem maka

	singular	plural
nominative stem + -na/-da	makana	makada
locative + instrumental stem + -nai/-dai	makanai	makadai
inalienable possessive forms
1st person singular possessive (my)	maka’una	—
2nd person singular possessive (your)	makamuna	—
3rd person singular possessive (his/her/its)	makanana	—
1st person plural inclusive possessive (our)	makagana	—
1st person plural exclusive possessive (our)	makamaina	—
2nd person plural possessive (your)	makamuna	—
3rd person plural possessive (their)	makadada	—

References

• Oa, Morea and Ma`oni Paul. (2013). Tentative Grammar Description for the Gabadi Language. SIL International.
  • p.10 (possessive suffix example maka'una, table)
  • p.19 (example 29, makanada 'eyes.his.pl')

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ka/, [ˈmɐ.kə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Māori mata and Tahitian mata.

Noun

maka

1. (anatomy) eye (organ)
2. face
3. bud
4. beloved one
5. mesh of a net

Derived terms

• waimaka (“tears”)
• makani (“wind”)

Descendants

• → English: maka

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Māori mata and Tokelauan mata.

Verb

maka

1. (stative) raw (undercooked)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːka

Noun

maka

1. inflection of maki:
   1. indefinite accusative
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive

Noun

maka

1. indefinite genitive of mök

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• mangka (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Malay maka, from Classical Malay مک, from Old Javanese maṅka (“thus, like that, likewise, such”) or Old Malay 𑼪𑼒𑼴 (maka, “therefore, hence, thus”). Compare Javanese and Sundanese mangka.

First attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as Old Malay 𑼪𑼒𑼴𑼛 (makāña, “therefore, hence, thus”) (current spelling: makanya).

1. • 822 Shaka/900 AD, Antoon Postma, transl., Laguna Copperplate Inscription, line 8:

     𑼮𑼡 𑼮​𑼂𑼙𑼴𑼣𑼶 𑼱𑼁 𑼦𑼪𑽂𑼔𑼡𑽁 𑼪𑽂𑼞𑼁 𑼣𑼬𑼶 𑼩𑼒𑽂𑼡𑼶𑼥𑽂𑼣 𑼣𑼶𑼦​𑼂𑼲𑼸𑼭𑼸𑼥𑽁 𑼱𑼁 𑼦𑼪𑽂𑼔𑼡𑽁. 𑼫 𑼪𑼒𑼴𑼛 𑼱𑼴𑼣𑼴𑼛 𑼄𑼥𑼒𑽁

     ... vata varjādi saṃ pamgat mdaṃ dari bhaktinda diparhulun saṃ pamgat. ya makāña sādāña anak ...

     ... representing the Chief of Mdang, because of his loyalty as a subject (slave?) of the Chief, therefore all the descendants ...

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈma.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧ka

Adverb

maka

1. so
2. therefore

Usage notes

The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu."

Derived terms

• makanya

Further reading

• “maka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Jamamadí

Noun

maka

1. (Banawá) snake

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

maka

1. Rōmaji transcription of まか

Latvian

Noun

maka m

1. genitive singular of maks

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/

Noun

maka

1. inflection of mak:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Malay مک, from Old Javanese maṅka (“thus, like that, likewise, such”) or Old Malay 𑼪𑼒𑼴 (maka, “therefore, hence, thus”). Compare Javanese and Sundanese mangka.

First attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as Old Malay 𑼪𑼒𑼴𑼛 (makāña, “therefore, hence, thus”) (current spelling: makanya).

1. • 822 Shaka/900 AD, Antoon Postma, transl., Laguna Copperplate Inscription, line 8:

     𑼮𑼡 𑼮​𑼂𑼙𑼴𑼣𑼶 𑼱𑼁 𑼦𑼪𑽂𑼔𑼡𑽁 𑼪𑽂𑼞𑼁 𑼣𑼬𑼶 𑼩𑼒𑽂𑼡𑼶𑼥𑽂𑼣 𑼣𑼶𑼦​𑼂𑼲𑼸𑼭𑼸𑼥𑽁 𑼱𑼁 𑼦𑼪𑽂𑼔𑼡𑽁. 𑼫 𑼪𑼒𑼴𑼛 𑼱𑼴𑼣𑼴𑼛 𑼄𑼥𑼒𑽁

     ... vata varjādi saṃ pamgat mdaṃ dari bhaktinda diparhulun saṃ pamgat. ya makāña sādāña anak ...

     ... representing the Chief of Mdang, because of his loyalty as a subject (slave?) of the Chief, therefore all the descendants ...

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmakə/ [ˈma.kə]
  • Rhymes: -akə, -ə

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈma.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka, -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧ka

Conjunction

maka (Jawi spelling مک)

1. so; therefore
2. that

Usage notes

• Used in the form maka itu and makanya for the first sense.

Derived terms

• maka itu
• makanya

Descendants

• > Indonesian: maka

Preposition

maka (Jawi spelling مک)

1. (obsolete) then

Further reading

• "maka" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "maka" at PRPM first version)

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈmɐkɐ]

Etymology 1

Verb

maka

1. throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands)
2. place, put, put in

   Makaia ai ngā purapura ki roto i te awa kia kuhu tahi me ngā wātakirihi, hei te wā e hauhakea ai he huaranga kau i ngā pūtake o ngā wātakirihi e kohia ana.

   Place the tubers in the stream to join with the watercress, and at the time of harvest, transplant the roots of the watercress you are collecting.

Etymology 2

Noun

maka

1. fish hook

   Nā, ka mea kia tukua ngā aho o ngā tukana, ka motokia tōna ihu e Māui; taratīa ana te toto. Ka rere, ka taratī te karukaru, ka pōtaea ki runga ki tōna maka hei mounu.

   Now, when his older brothers let out their lines, Māui punched his nose and blood spurted out. The blood flowed, spurting out and he smeared it on his fish-hook as bait.

Etymology 3

Borrowing from English mug.

Noun

maka

1. mug

   He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa.

   Mugs, twopence or four pence.

Mwani

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

maka

1. cat

Old Norse

Etymology 1

See maki (“match, partner”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/
• Rhymes: -aka

Noun

maka f (genitive mǫku)

1. female mate

Declension

Declension of maka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maka	makan	mǫkur	mǫkurnar
accusative	mǫku	mǫkuna	mǫkur	mǫkurnar
dative	mǫku	mǫkunni	mǫkum	mǫkunum
genitive	mǫku	mǫkunnar	makna	maknanna

Related terms

• maki m

Descendants

• Icelandic: maka f
• Swedish: maka c

Etymology 2

Noun

maka

1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of maki

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “maka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Pipil

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈmaka/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣa/

Verb

-maka

1. (transitive) to give

   Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.

   Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.

2. (transitive, informal) to punish; to hit

   Kimakak ne tekwani wan kimimiluj.

   She/he hit the jaguar and knocked it down.

Alternative forms

• (shortened) -ma

Etymology 2

Particle

maka

1. Negative imperative marker

   Maka shimutalukan kalijtik

   Don't run inside (the house)

Alternative forms

• (shortened) mā

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧ka

Noun

maka m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of mak (“McDonald's”)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compare Jamaican Creole macca, Jamaican Creole macka.

Noun

maka

1. thorn, barb, spine, spike

Derived terms

• bambamaka
• blakamaka
• bofrumaka
• bolomaka
• brantimaka
• bugrumaka
• droifimaka
• dyindyamaka
• kawmaka
• keskesimaka
• kwatamaka
• maka-alata
• makafisi
• makakrapa
• makamaka
• makanyamsi
• makaperi
• makasneki
• makatiki
• makatitei
• nyamsimaka
• obemaka
• paramaka
• popokaimaka
• todomaka
• wetimaka

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-maka (infinitive kumaka)

1. to exclaim surprise

Conjugation

Conjugation of -maka
Positive present -namaka Subjunctive -make Negative -maki Imperative singular maka
Infinitives
Positive kumaka Negative kutomaka
Imperatives
Singular maka Plural makeni
Tensed forms
Habitual humaka Positive past positive subject concord + -limaka Negative past negative subject concord + -kumaka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -namaka) Singular Plural 1st person ninamaka/namaka tunamaka 2nd person unamaka mnamaka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anamaka wanamaka other classes positive subject concord + -namaka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -maki) Singular Plural 1st person simaki hatumaki 2nd person humaki hammaki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamaki hawamaki other classes negative subject concord + -maki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tamaka Negative future negative subject concord + -tamaka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -make) Singular Plural 1st person nimake tumake 2nd person umake mmake 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amake wamake other classes positive subject concord + -make
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simake Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemaka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemaka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimaka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimaka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amaka) Singular Plural 1st person namaka twamaka 2nd person wamaka mwamaka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amaka wamaka m-mi(III/IV) wamaka yamaka ji-ma(V/VI) lamaka yamaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chamaka vyamaka n(IX/X) yamaka zamaka u(XI) wamaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwamaka pa(XVI) pamaka mu(XVIII) mwamaka
Perfect positive subject concord + -memaka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshamaka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jamaka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kimaka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipomaka Consecutive kamaka / positive subject concord + -kamaka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kamake
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nimaka -tumaka 2nd person -kumaka -wamaka/-kumakeni/-wamakeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmaka -wamaka m-mi(III/IV) -umaka -imaka ji-ma(V/VI) -limaka -yamaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimaka -vimaka n(IX/X) -imaka -zimaka u(XI) -umaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kumaka pa(XVI) -pamaka mu(XVIII) -mumaka Reflexive -jimaka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -maka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -makaye -makao m-mi(III/IV) -makao -makayo ji-ma(V/VI) -makalo -makayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -makacho -makavyo n(IX/X) -makayo -makazo u(XI) -makao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -makako pa(XVI) -makapo mu(XVIII) -makamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -maka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yemaka -omaka m-mi(III/IV) -omaka -yomaka ji-ma(V/VI) -lomaka -yomaka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomaka -vyomaka n(IX/X) -yomaka -zomaka u(XI) -omaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -komaka pa(XVI) -pomaka mu(XVIII) -momaka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Swedish kinship terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːˌka/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make. Because of the -a usually interpreted as feminine.

Noun

maka c

1. (female) spouse; wife

   Synonyms: fru, hustru

Declension

Declension of maka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	maka	makas
	definite	makan	makans
plural	indefinite	makor	makors
	definite	makorna	makornas

Coordinate terms

• make

Derived terms

• kaka söker maka

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn. Compare German machen.

Verb

maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)

1. To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
2. To move oneself slightly, for example to make room for someone in a sofa or allow someone to reach objects behind oneself

   Kan du maka (på) dig lite så att jag får plats?

   Could you move over a bit to make space for me?

Conjugation

Conjugation of maka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	maka		—
supine	makat		—
imperative	maka		—
imper. plural1	maken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	makar	makade	—	—
ind. plural1	maka	makade	—	—
subjunctive2	make	makade	—	—
present participle		makande
past participle		makad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• masa

References

• “maka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• maka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka/

Noun

maka

1. rock; stone.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan རྨ་ཁ (rma kha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑkʰɑ]

Noun

maka

1. wound

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008), Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

Yanomamö

Noun

maka

1. stomach, belly

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004), Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ [Encyclopedic dictionary of the Yanomamö language]‎^[1] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN