мә

See also: ма, ме, мэ, -мә, and Appendix:Variations of "me"

Bashkir

Etymology

Compare to Kazakh мә (), Kyrgyz ме (me), Yakut мэ (me), Uzbek ma (here, take (it)). Seems originally an adverb "here, ecce" which borrowed semantics of Turkic imperative: al "take". Compare Kazakh: мә, ал! "here, take (it)!" or Russian: на, держи! "same".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæ]
  • Hyphenation: мә (one syllable)

Interjection

мә • ()

  1. (said when giving someone something) here, take it!
    Мә, ошо ҡолондо ат итеп үҫтер ҙә менеп йөрөрһөң.
    , oşo qolondo at itep üśter źə menep yörörhöñ.
    Here, grow this foal into a horse and you will ride it.

Kazakh

Etymology

Compare to Bashkir мә (), Kyrgyz ме (me), Yakut мэ (me), Uzbek ma (here, take (it)). Seems originally an adverb "here, ecce" which borrowed semantics of Turkic imperative: al "take". Compare Kazakh: мә, ал! "here, take (it)!" or Russian: на, держи! "same".

Alternative scripts
Arabic ٴما
Cyrillic мә
Latin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mæ]

Interjection

мә • ()

  1. (said when giving someone something) here, take it!