Appendix:Toki Pona/ma

Toki Pona

ma in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph represents 🜨, the astronomical symbol for Earth.

Etymology

From Finnish maa (“earth, land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

ma

1. land; earth; ground; soil
2. the outdoors
3. a world or place, especially a terrestrial one
   • 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:

     lon ma tomo pi jan ala, la kalama pona li lon.

     In the abandoned city, there are good noises.

     (literally, “In the place of buildings of no people, …”)

4. a territory such as a country
   • 2014, Sonja Lang, “Hieroglyphs”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, →ISBN, page 111:

     ma Kanata li suli

     Canada is large.

Derived terms

• ma Aja (Armenia)
• ma Akanisan (Afghanistan)
• ma Alan (Ireland)
• ma Alensina (Argentina)
• ma Amelika (Americas)
• ma Ankola (Angola)
• ma Anku (South Korea)
• ma Antasika (Antarctica)
• ma Antola (Andorra)
• ma Apika (Africa)
• ma Asija (Asia)
• ma Awisi (Haiti)
• ma Ekato (Ecuador)
• ma Elena (Greece)
• ma Eliteja (Eritrea)
• ma Elopa (Europe)
• ma Epanja (Spain)
• ma Esalasi (Austria)
• ma Esi (Estonia)
• ma Esuka (Basque Country)
• ma Ilakija (Iraq)
• ma Ilan (Iran)
• ma Inli (England)
• ma Intonesija (Indonesia)
• ma Isale (Israel)
• ma Isijopija (Ethiopia)
• ma Isilan (Iceland)
• ma Italija (Italy)
• ma Jamanija (Yemen)
• ma Juke (United Kingdom)
• ma Kalalinuna (Greenland)
• ma Kamelun (Cameroon)
• ma Kana (Ghana)
• ma Kanata (Canada)
• ma Kanpija (Gambia)
• ma Kanpusi (Cambodia)
• ma Kanse (France)
• ma Kapon (Gabon)
• ma Katala (Catalan Countries)
• ma Katelo (Georgia)
• ma Katemala (Guatemala)
• ma Kenata (Grenada)
• ma Kenja (Kenya)
• ma Kilipasi (Kiribati)
• ma Kine (Guinea)
• ma Kinejekatolija (Equatorial Guinea)
• ma Kinepisa (Guinea-Bissau)
• ma Kinla (Wales)
• ma Kiposi (Cyprus)
• ma Komo (Comoros)
• ma Konko (Congo)
• ma Kosalika (Costa Rica)
• ma Kosiwa (Côte d’Ivoire)
• ma Kuli (Kurdistan)
• ma Kupa (Cuba)
• ma Kusala (Gujarat)
• ma Kuwasi (Kuwait)
• ma Lanka (Sri Lanka)
• ma Lapewija (Liberia)
• ma Lawi (Latvia)
• ma Lesoto (Lesotho)
• ma Lijatuwa (Lithuania)
• ma Lipija (Libya)
• ma Lisensan (Liechtenstein)
• ma Lomani (Romania)
• ma Losi (Russia)
• ma Lowasi (Croatia)
• ma Lowenki (Slovakia)
• ma Lowensina (Slovenia)
• ma Lunpan (Lebanon)
• ma Lusepu (Luxembourg)
• ma Luwanta (Rwanda)
• ma Maketonija (Macedonia)
• ma Malakasi (Madagascar)
• ma Malasija (Malaysia)
• ma Malawi (Malawi)
• ma Mali (Mali)
• ma Malipe (Morocco)
• ma Masu (Egypt)
• ma Mesiko (Mexico)
• ma Mewika (United States)
• ma Mijama (Myanmar)
• ma Mosanpi (Mozambique)
• ma Mosijo (Hungary)
• ma Motowa (Moldova)
• ma Mowisi (Mauritius)
• ma Mulitanija (Mauritania)
• ma Namipija (Namibia)
• ma Naselija (Nigeria)
• ma Netelan (Netherlands)
• ma Nijon (Japan)
• ma Nise (Niger)
• ma Nosiki (Norway)
• ma Nusilan (New Zealand)
• ma Ontula (Honduras)
• ma Osejanija (Oceania)
• ma Oselija (Australia)
• ma Pakisan (Pakistan)
• ma Palakawi (Paraguay)
• ma Palani (Bahrain)
• ma Palata (India)
• ma Panama (Panama)
• ma Panla (Bangladesh)
• ma Papeto (Barbados)
• ma Papuwanijukini (Papua New Guinea)
• ma Pasila (Brasil)
• ma Pawama (Bahamas)
• ma Pelalusi (Belarus)
• ma Pelu (Peru)
• ma Pemuta (Bermuda)
• ma Penen (Benin)
• ma Penesuwela (Venezuela)
• ma Pesije (Belgium)
• ma Peson (Brittany)
• ma Pilipina (Philippines)
• ma Pilisin (Palestine)
• ma Pisi (Fiji)
• ma Po (Tibet)
• ma Pokasi (Bulgaria)
• ma Posan (Bosnia)
• ma Posuka (Poland)
• ma Posuwana (Botswana)
• ma Potuke (Portugal)
• ma Pukinapaso (Burkina Faso)
• ma Samalino (San Marino)
• ma Sameka (Jamaica)
• ma Samowa (Samoa)
• ma Sanpija (Zambia)
• ma Santapiken (Central African Republic)
• ma Sasali (Algeria)
• ma Sate (Chad)
• ma Sawasi (Swaziland)
• ma Sawusi (Saudi Arabia)
• ma Seki (Czech Republic)
• ma Seneka (Senegal)
• ma Setapika (South Africa)
• ma Sijelalijon (Sierra Leone)
• ma Sile (Chile)
• ma Sinita (Trinidad and Tobago)
• ma Sinpapuwe (Zimbabwe)
• ma Sipe (Albania)
• ma Sipusi (Djibouti)
• ma Somalija (Somalia)
• ma Sonko (China)
• ma Sopisi (Serbia)
• ma Sukosi (Scotland)
• ma Sulija (Syria)
• ma Sumi (Finland)
• ma Sutan (Sudan)
• ma Suwasi (Switzerland)
• ma Tansanija (Tanzania)
• ma Tansi (Denmark)
• ma Tawi (Thailand)
• ma Toko (Togo)
• ma Tominika (Dominican Republic)
• ma Tona (Tonga)
• ma Tosi (Germany)
• ma Tuki (Turkey)
• ma Tunisi (Tunisia)
• ma Tuwalu (Tuvalu)
• ma Ukanta (Uganda)
• ma Ukawina (Ukraine)
• ma Ulukawi (Uruguay)
• ma Uman (Oman)
• ma Utun (Jordan)
• ma Wanuwatu (Vanuatu)
• ma Wasikano (Vatican)
• ma Wensa (Sweden)
• ma Wije (Vietnam)

 

Adjective

ma

1. (relational) land; terrestrial; telluric; national

Verb

ma

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or turn into land, such as to reclaim land, compost, or terraform