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See also: མི, མེ, and མོ
U+0F58, མ
TIBETAN LETTER MA

[U+0F57]
Tibetan
[U+0F59]

Translingual

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Letter

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  1. Tibetan letter ma

Balti

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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(ma)

  1. Alternative form of མི (mi, not, non-)

Ladakhi

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Pronunciation

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(ma)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan alphabet

Sikkimese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ma)

  1. mother
    Synonym: ཨ་མ (a ma)
  2. goddess

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (no, not).

Pronunciation

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(Note: mav - before low-tone syllables; maf - before high-tone syllables; mhaf - before high-tone aspirated syllables)

Adverb

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(ma)

  1. negates the following verb in the past tense.
    བལྟས་ཀྱང་མ་མཐོངbltas kyang ma mthongHe looked but did not see it
  2. negates the following verb in the imperative tense; prohibitive particle.
  3. placed between nouns to indicate “neither ... nor ...”.
    ར་མ་ལུགra ma lugneither a goat nor a sheep

Etymology 4

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Suffix

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(ma)

  1. ownership suffix used to indicate the feminine form of a noun.
    ཟློས་གར་མzlos gar mafemale singer/dancer

Particle

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(ma)

  1. particle affixed to nouns to add a level of specificity or gravity to the noun.