Appendix:Toki Pona/ma

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

sitelen pona: From 🜨, the astronomical symbol for Earth.

Etymology

From Finnish maa (“earth, land”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -a

Noun

ma

land; earth; ground; soil
the outdoors
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, …”)
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

(relational) land; terrestrial; telluric; national

Verb

ma

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