maha

See also: MAHA, mahā, and māha

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

maha

  1. (archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
    • 1896, Richard Lydekker, A Geographical History of Mammals:
      The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one […]

References

Anagrams

Breton

Verb

maha

  1. to press

Ese

Noun

maha

  1. pig

References

  • Jim and Judy Parlier Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

Estonian

Etymology

Irregular illative of maa (“earth, ground”).

Adverb

maha (not comparable)

  1. down
    Tule maha!
    Come down!
  2. into the ground
    Me panime eile kartulid maha.
    We planted the potatoes yesterday. (lit. "We put the potatoes into the ground yesterday".)
  3. off
    Kütt võttis rebaselt naha maha.
    The hunter skinned the fox. (lit. "The hunter took the skin off of the fox".)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maha, borrowed from a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *magô, Swedish mage. Cognates include Karelian maha, Votic maha, Ludian maha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑhɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ha
  • Hyphenation(key): ma‧ha

Noun

maha

  1. belly, stomach (abdomen, especially a round one)
    Synonyms: vatsa, (childish) masu
  2. stomach (organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
    Synonym: mahalaukku

Declension

Inflection of maha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative maha mahat
genitive mahan mahojen
partitive mahaa mahoja
illative mahaan mahoihin
singular plural
nominative maha mahat
accusative nom. maha mahat
gen. mahan
genitive mahan mahojen
mahain rare
partitive mahaa mahoja
inessive mahassa mahoissa
elative mahasta mahoista
illative mahaan mahoihin
adessive mahalla mahoilla
ablative mahalta mahoilta
allative mahalle mahoille
essive mahana mahoina
translative mahaksi mahoiksi
abessive mahatta mahoitta
instructive — mahoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mahani mahani
accusative nom. mahani mahani
gen. mahani
genitive mahani mahojeni
mahaini rare
partitive mahaani mahojani
inessive mahassani mahoissani
elative mahastani mahoistani
illative mahaani mahoihini
adessive mahallani mahoillani
ablative mahaltani mahoiltani
allative mahalleni mahoilleni
essive mahanani mahoinani
translative mahakseni mahoikseni
abessive mahattani mahoittani
instructive — —
comitative — mahoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mahasi mahasi
accusative nom. mahasi mahasi
gen. mahasi
genitive mahasi mahojesi
mahaisi rare
partitive mahaasi mahojasi
inessive mahassasi mahoissasi
elative mahastasi mahoistasi
illative mahaasi mahoihisi
adessive mahallasi mahoillasi
ablative mahaltasi mahoiltasi
allative mahallesi mahoillesi
essive mahanasi mahoinasi
translative mahaksesi mahoiksesi
abessive mahattasi mahoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — mahoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mahamme mahamme
accusative nom. mahamme mahamme
gen. mahamme
genitive mahamme mahojemme
mahaimme rare
partitive mahaamme mahojamme
inessive mahassamme mahoissamme
elative mahastamme mahoistamme
illative mahaamme mahoihimme
adessive mahallamme mahoillamme
ablative mahaltamme mahoiltamme
allative mahallemme mahoillemme
essive mahanamme mahoinamme
translative mahaksemme mahoiksemme
abessive mahattamme mahoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — mahoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mahanne mahanne
accusative nom. mahanne mahanne
gen. mahanne
genitive mahanne mahojenne
mahainne rare
partitive mahaanne mahojanne
inessive mahassanne mahoissanne
elative mahastanne mahoistanne
illative mahaanne mahoihinne
adessive mahallanne mahoillanne
ablative mahaltanne mahoiltanne
allative mahallenne mahoillenne
essive mahananne mahoinanne
translative mahaksenne mahoiksenne
abessive mahattanne mahoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — mahoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mahansa mahansa
accusative nom. mahansa mahansa
gen. mahansa
genitive mahansa mahojensa
mahainsa rare
partitive mahaansa mahojaan
mahojansa
inessive mahassaan
mahassansa 		mahoissaan
mahoissansa
elative mahastaan
mahastansa 		mahoistaan
mahoistansa
illative mahaansa mahoihinsa
adessive mahallaan
mahallansa 		mahoillaan
mahoillansa
ablative mahaltaan
mahaltansa 		mahoiltaan
mahoiltansa
allative mahalleen
mahallensa 		mahoilleen
mahoillensa
essive mahanaan
mahanansa 		mahoinaan
mahoinansa
translative mahakseen
mahaksensa 		mahoikseen
mahoiksensa
abessive mahattaan
mahattansa 		mahoittaan
mahoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — mahoineen
mahoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ha/, [ˈmɐ.hə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *mafa.

Noun

maha

  1. (anatomy) temple

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maha

  1. rest, repose

Verb

maha

  1. (stative) at ease, comfortable, resting
Derived terms
  • hoʻomaha (“rest”, verb)
  • mahamaha (“rest”, verb)

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay maha, from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).

Pronunciation

Adjective

maha (comparative lebih maha, superlative paling maha)

  1. mighty, great

Alternative forms

Jaqaru

Verb

maha

  1. to go

References

Martha James Hardman. (1996) Jaqaru: Outline of phonological and morphological structure, page 75.

Karelian

Noun

maha

  1. stomach

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), combining form of महत् (mahat).

Pronunciation

  • (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ma.ha]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ha, -a
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha

Prefix

maha (Jawi spelling مها)

  1. (literary) most, of the greatest degree
    Synonyms: teramat, paling
    maha kaya ― most rich

Usage notes

  • This prefix is often used in titles of God such as Maha Mengasihani (“The Merciful (lit. 'Most Merciful')”) and Maha Mengetahui (“The All-Knowing (lit. 'Most Knowing')”) in which case all the words would be capitalized.
  • Unlike other prefixes, this prefix is written with a space between the prefix and the stem word.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Maori

Noun

maha

  1. abundance, bounty, majority

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀫𑀳 (Brahmi script)
  • मह (Devanagari script)
  • মহ (Bengali script)
  • මහ (Sinhalese script)
  • မဟ or မႁ (Burmese script)
  • มห or มะหะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩉ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຫ or ມະຫະ (Lao script)
  • មហ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄦 (Chakma script)

Noun

maha m

  1. religious festival

Declension

Declension table of "maha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)mahomahā
Accusative (second)mahaṃmahe
Instrumental (third)mahenamahehi or mahebhi
Dative (fourth)mahassa or mahāya or mahatthaṃmahānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)mahasmā or mahamhā or mahāmahehi or mahebhi
Genitive (sixth)mahassamahānaṃ
Locative (seventh)mahasmiṃ or mahamhi or mahemahesu
Vocative (calling)mahamahā

Adjective

maha

  1. masculine/neuter vocative singular of mahant

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian maha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ha/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha

Numeral

maha

  1. four

Usage notes

  • Maha is used in compound numerals only:
    Maha 'ahuru. ― Forty (literally, “Four tens.”)
    Maha 'ahuru mā maha. ― Forty-four (literally, “Four tens and four.”)
  • For the simple number "four", the native term hā is used.

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 170
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

maha

  1. genitive singular of mah

Slovene

Noun

maha

  1. genitive singular of mah

Tahitian

Tahitian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : maha

Numeral

maha

  1. four
    nā taʻata/tāʻata e maha ― four people

Derived terms

  • maha ʻahuru

Descendants

  • → Rapa Nui: maha

See also

  • toʻomāha

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German mahhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Verb

maha

  1. (transitive) to do or make
    No bo, wos kon yhy maha? ― Well then, what can I do?

Conjugation

maha is a weak verb ending in -a

Present tense: yhy mah

dü mahst

har / zej / ejs maht

wjyr maha

jyr maht

zej maha

Past tense: yhy maht

dü mahtst

har / zej / ejs maht

wjyr mahta

jyr maht

zej mahta

Present participle: maha Past participle: gymaht

Further reading

A GRAMMAR OF WYMYSORYS, Alexander Andrason & Tymoteusz Król, Duke University, Slavic and East European Language Resource Center – SEELRC, 2016

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