maha

See also: mahā and māha

English

Etymology

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Noun

maha

  1. (archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
    • Richard Lydekker
      The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one []

References

  • maha in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams


Breton

Verb

maha

  1. to press

Estonian

Etymology

Irregular illative of maa (earth, ground).

Adverb

maha

  1. down
    Tule maha!
    Come down!
  2. into the ground
    Me panime eile kartulid maha.
    We planted the potatoes yesterday. (lit. "We put the potatoes into the ground yesterday".)
  3. off
    Kütt võttis rebaselt naha maha.
    The hunter skinned the fox. (lit. "The hunter took the skin off of the fox".)

Finnish

Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare Swedish mage and German Magen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑhɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha

Noun

maha

  1. belly

Usage notes

Maha is often used when talking about both the outer and the inner part and vatsa when talking about the inner, but especially in speech the usage of these words is often very mixed up.

Declension

Inflection of maha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative maha mahat
genitive mahan mahojen
partitive mahaa mahoja
illative mahaan mahoihin
singular plural
nominative maha mahat
accusative nom. maha mahat
gen. mahan
genitive mahan mahojen
mahainrare
partitive mahaa mahoja
inessive mahassa mahoissa
elative mahasta mahoista
illative mahaan mahoihin
adessive mahalla mahoilla
ablative mahalta mahoilta
allative mahalle mahoille
essive mahana mahoina
translative mahaksi mahoiksi
instructive mahoin
abessive mahatta mahoitta
comitative mahoineen

Synonyms

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Compounds

Anagrams


Karelian

Noun

maha

  1. stomach

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

maha m

  1. religious festival

Declension


Tahitian

Tahitian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : maha

Numeral

maha

  1. (cardinal) four
    nā ta'ata/tā’ata e mahafour people

Derived terms

  • maha 'ahuru

See also

  • to'omāha
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