"mă" meaning in Romanian

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Interjection

IPA: /mə/ Forms: măi [alternative]
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: Perhaps a clipping of mamă. Compare bă, fă. Etymology templates: {{clipping|ro|mamă|nocap=1}} clipping of mamă Head templates: {{head|ro|interjection}} mă
  1. (familiar, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address towards a recipient irrespective of gender, showing equal or, rarely, a more superior standing Tags: colloquial, familiar Synonyms: mamă
    Sense id: en-mă-ro-intj-XRTGLXUZ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 15 66 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 78 2 1 Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /mə/ Forms: [alternative]
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: Inherited from Latin me (accusative singular of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ro|la|me|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin me, {{inh+|ro|la|me}} Inherited from Latin me, {{inh|ro|ine-pro|*h₁mé|*(h₁)me}} Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me Head templates: {{head|ro|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} mă
  1. me (accusative) Tags: accusative, form-of, reflexive, unstressed
    Sense id: en-mă-ro-pron-4hmpxAZK Categories (other): Romanian pronouns Disambiguation of Romanian pronouns: 58 42
  2. (reflexive pronoun) myself Tags: accusative, form-of, pronoun, reflexive, unstressed
    Sense id: en-mă-ro-pron-4G4wm2az Categories (other): Romanian reflexive pronouns, Romanian personal pronouns Disambiguation of Romanian personal pronouns: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mine (english: stressed form), eu, te, se, ne,
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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