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- //mɑː//
mother, mama
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Variante von milli-arcsecondAbbreviation of milli-arcsecond.
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mother, mama
Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.
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The landlady of a theater.
[…] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]
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The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants. For more on the linguistic process whereby infants' monosyllables are tied to ancient word roots for parents, see mama, papa, mātēr, and patēr.
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May.
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Abbreviation.
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Variante von myumgangssprachlichAlternative spelling of my.
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From my.
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Variante von mahAlternative form of mah.
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From Cantonese 嘛 (maa³, “of course!”).
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Variante von mahAlternative spelling of mah.
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From Mandarin 嗎／吗 (ma).
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Negative space in Japanese art.
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Borrowed from Japanese 間.
Formen
- Plural
- mas