maz

Adverb

maz

1. little; adverbial form of mazs
2. (with noun in genitive) little, a little, few, a few; adverbial form of mazs (small indeterminate quantity or amount)

   maz mitruma ― little moisture, a little moisture

   maz darba ― little work, a little work

   maz draugu ― few friends, a few friends

   maz ābolu ― few apples, a few apples

3. (used as a noun) little, not much

   maz tika pateikts ― little, not much was said

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *matiz, whence also Old English mete, Old Norse matr (Faroese matur and Icelandic matur).

Noun

maz ?

1. food, meat

Noun

maz m (Cyrillic spelling маз)

1. ointment

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Thai มา (maa), Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (maa²), Shan မႃး (máa), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (maa) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (maaa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˧˩/
• Tone numbers: ma²
• Hyphenation: maz

Verb

maz (old orthography maƨ)

1. to come.