"maa" meaning in Gamilaraay

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Noun

IPA: /maː/
Etymology: The sense "five" is a recent extension during the efforts to revitalise Gamilaraay, drawn from the fact that many languages use the same word for "hand" and "five", and that this semantic extension was also used to derive the word for "five" in other Indigenous Australian languages which traditionally did not have a word for "five". Head templates: {{head|kld|noun}} maa
  1. hand (part of the body)
    Sense id: en-maa-kld-noun---fHOhn0
  2. finger
    Sense id: en-maa-kld-noun-QAsYHIeE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /maː/
Head templates: {{head|kld|noun}} maa
  1. totem
    Sense id: en-maa-kld-noun-exs-kWCk
  2. marks made on rugs and weapons to indicate the totem of their manufacturer/owner
    Sense id: en-maa-kld-noun-jzhOSX12 Categories (other): Gamilaraay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Gamilaraay entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 5 82 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /maː/
Etymology: The sense "five" is a recent extension during the efforts to revitalise Gamilaraay, drawn from the fact that many languages use the same word for "hand" and "five", and that this semantic extension was also used to derive the word for "five" in other Indigenous Australian languages which traditionally did not have a word for "five". Head templates: {{head|kld|numeral}} maa
  1. five
    Sense id: en-maa-kld-num-IisL1R~O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for maa meaning in Gamilaraay (2.2kB)

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  "etymology_text": "The sense \"five\" is a recent extension during the efforts to revitalise Gamilaraay, drawn from the fact that many languages use the same word for \"hand\" and \"five\", and that this semantic extension was also used to derive the word for \"five\" in other Indigenous Australian languages which traditionally did not have a word for \"five\".",
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      },
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    },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "maa"
}

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    }
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    }
  ],
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        ]
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "rug",
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        ],
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          "weapon",
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    {
      "ipa": "/maː/"
    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Gamilaraay dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (8203a16 and 304864d). 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.

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