"ma-" meaning in Hausa

See ma- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /má-/, [má-] (note: Standard Kano Hausa)
Etymology: Cognate to the set of prefixes found in Arabic: مُ (mu) for agentive participles, مَ (ma) for locatives, and مِ (mi) for instrumentals. Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|-}} Arabic Head templates: {{head|ha|prefix|head=ma-|sort=}} ma-, {{ha-pos|prefix|ma-}} ma-
  1. Used to form agentive nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ma--ha-prefix-KKGfno26
  2. Used to form nouns of place (locative nouns). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ma--ha-prefix-PcEqcaeD Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 8 73 19 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 10 33 11 14 2 25 2 2
  3. Used to form instrumental nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ma--ha-prefix-n4ykxpXf
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        "Used to form instrumental nouns."
      ],
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        [
          "instrumental",
          "instrumental#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/má-/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[má-]",
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    }
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    "Pages with 23 entries",
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        "Used to form nouns of place (locative nouns)."
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    {
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        "Used to form instrumental nouns."
      ],
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/má-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[má-]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
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