maka
English
Etymology
From Hawaiian maka. Doublet of mata-mata (“police officer”), from Malay mata-mata (“eyes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːkə
Noun
maka (plural makas)
- (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
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Verb
maka
- to give.
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tahitian mata.
Noun
maka
Derived terms
- waimaka (“tears”)
Descendants
- → English: maka
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Maori mata and Tokelauan mata.
Verb
maka
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːka
Noun
maka
- inflection of maki:
Noun
maka
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Conjunction
maka
Usage notes
The most often used phrase to mean "therefore" is "maka dari itu".
Derived terms
Further reading
- “maka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Jamamadí
Noun
maka
- (Banawá) snake
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
Romanization
maka
Latvian
Noun
maka m
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
maka
- inflection of mak:
Maori
Etymology
Verb
maka
- throw, fling, cast, pass (with the hands)
- 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.
Noun
maka
- 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 his fish-hook as bait.
Noun
maka
- mug
- He maka e 2 kapa, e 4 kapa.
- Mugs, twopence or four pence.
Old Norse
Etymology 1
See maki (“match, partner”)
Noun
maka f (genitive mǫku)
Declension
Related terms
- maki m
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
maka
References
- “maka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pipil
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC. Compare Classical Nahuatl maca (“to give”).
Pronunciation
Verb
-maka
- (transitive) to give
- Musta nimetzmaka ne seuk tumin.
- Tomorrow I will give you the rest of the money.
- (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
- Negative imperative marker
- Maka shimutalukan kalijtik
- Don't run inside (the house)
Alternative forms
- (shortened) mā
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Compare Jamaican Creole macca, Jamaican Creole macka.
Noun
maka
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish maka, oblique form of maki, from Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Doublet of make.
Noun
maka c
Declension
Declension of maka | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | maka | makan | makor | makorna |
Genitive | makas | makans | makors | makornas |
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German maken, from Old Saxon makōn, see also German machen.
Verb
maka (present makar, preterite makade, supine makat, imperative maka)
- To move (slightly) a big, heavy or otherwise difficult-to-move object.
- 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
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 | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | makande | |||
Past participle | makad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
References
- maka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- maka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- maka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- maka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tongan
Pronunciation
Noun
maka
Wutunhua
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
maka
References
- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
Yanomamö
Noun
maka
References
- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
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