"མ" meaning in Tibetan

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Adverb

IPA: /*ma/, /ma˩˨/ [Lhasa], /ma˥˥/ [Lhasa], /m̥a˥˥/ [Lhasa] Forms: ma [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*ma||no, not}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”) Head templates: {{head|bo|adverb}} མ • (ma)
  1. negates the following verb in the past tense. Categories (topical): Female family members, Parents
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-adv-0BAETgmz Disambiguation of Female family members: 24 12 8 13 8 27 3 6 Disambiguation of Parents: 33 16 12 12 14 2 5 7 Categories (other): Tibetan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tibetan entries with incorrect language header: 32 13 13 25 0 2 4 10
  2. negates the following verb in the imperative tense; prohibitive particle. Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-adv-LJJ57NcU Disambiguation of Female family members: 24 12 8 13 8 27 3 6
  3. placed between nouns to indicate “neither ... nor ...”.
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-adv-3B1rY-H5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Character

IPA: /*ma/, /ma˥˥/ [Lhasa] Forms: ma [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bo|letter}} མ • (ma)
  1. The sixteenth letter of the Tibetan alphabet Tags: letter Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-character-uKM~ifF8 Disambiguation of Female family members: 24 12 8 13 8 27 3 6 Categories (other): Tibetan particles Disambiguation of Tibetan particles: 18 16 6 39 0 1 15 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /*ma/, /ma˩˨/ [Lhasa] Forms: ma [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} མ • (ma)
  1. mother Synonyms: ཨ་མ
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-noun-zwYi7ypm
  2. goddess Categories (topical): Female family members, Gods
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-noun-jbBJ3IFq Disambiguation of Female family members: 24 12 8 13 8 27 3 6 Disambiguation of Gods: 6 5 5 2 0 68 5 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

Forms: ma [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bo|particle}} མ • (ma)
  1. particle affixed to nouns to add a level of specificity or gravity to the noun.
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-particle-JdUW7dBs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Suffix

Forms: ma [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bo|suffix}} མ • (ma)
  1. ownership suffix used to indicate the feminine form of a noun. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-མ-bo-suffix-lqQFcxsK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Download JSON data for མ meaning in Tibetan (5.5kB)

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            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
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          "Tibetan",
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        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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        "5": "no, not"
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          "_dis": "32 13 13 25 0 2 4 10",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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            "People",
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        {
          "english": "He looked but did not see it",
          "roman": "bltas kyang ma mthong",
          "text": "བལྟས་ཀྱང་མ་མཐོང",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "negates the following verb in the past tense."
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            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
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        "negates the following verb in the imperative tense; prohibitive particle."
      ],
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        {
          "english": "neither a goat nor a sheep",
          "roman": "ra ma lug",
          "text": "ར་མ་ལུག",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "placed between nouns to indicate “neither ... nor ...”."
      ],
      "id": "en-མ-bo-adv-3B1rY-H5"
    }
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma˥˥/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/m̥a˥˥/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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          "english": "female singer/dancer",
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          "text": "ཟློས་གར་མ",
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        }
      ],
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        "ownership suffix used to indicate the feminine form of a noun."
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    }
  ],
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}

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          "english": "He looked but did not see it",
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          "text": "བལྟས་ཀྱང་མ་མཐོང",
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        }
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        "negates the following verb in the past tense."
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        "negates the following verb in the imperative tense; prohibitive particle."
      ]
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        {
          "english": "neither a goat nor a sheep",
          "roman": "ra ma lug",
          "text": "ར་མ་ལུག",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "placed between nouns to indicate “neither ... nor ...”."
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma˥˥/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/m̥a˥˥/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    }
  ],
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