"ma" meaning in Akkadian

See ma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ma/ (note: Old Babylonian)
Etymology: Unknown. Compare Ge'ez -መ (-mma) (emphatic enclitic). Etymology templates: {{unknown|akk}} Unknown, {{cog|gez|-መ|tr=-mma}} Ge'ez -መ (-mma) Head templates: {{head|akk|particle}} ma
  1. (enclitic) and, but Tags: enclitic
    Sense id: en-ma-akk-particle-Q3vaKJIf
  2. (enclitic) used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses Tags: enclitic
    Sense id: en-ma-akk-particle-iZOA1FU3 Categories (other): Akkadian entries with incorrect language header, Akkadian particles Disambiguation of Akkadian entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Akkadian particles: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: me, mu, 𒈠 (ma)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "-መ",
        "tr": "-mma"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez -መ (-mma)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Compare Ge'ez -መ (-mma) (emphatic enclitic).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "ma",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akkadian",
  "lang_code": "akk",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "and, but"
      ],
      "id": "en-ma-akk-particle-Q3vaKJIf",
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(enclitic) and, but"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "enclitic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akkadian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Akkadian particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "this very day",
          "roman": "u₄-ma-ma",
          "text": "𒌓𒈠𒈠 [ūmamma]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses"
      ],
      "id": "en-ma-akk-particle-iZOA1FU3",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(enclitic) used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "enclitic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma/",
      "note": "Old Babylonian"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ma",
      "word": "𒈠"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ma"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Akkadian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Akkadian lemmas",
    "Akkadian particles",
    "Akkadian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Akkadian terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 115 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "-መ",
        "tr": "-mma"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez -መ (-mma)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Compare Ge'ez -መ (-mma) (emphatic enclitic).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "ma",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akkadian",
  "lang_code": "akk",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "and, but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(enclitic) and, but"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "enclitic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akkadian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "this very day",
          "roman": "u₄-ma-ma",
          "text": "𒌓𒈠𒈠 [ūmamma]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(enclitic) used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "enclitic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma/",
      "note": "Old Babylonian"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "word": "mu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ma",
      "word": "𒈠"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ma"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ma meaning in Akkadian (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Akkadian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.