มา

See also: ม้า

Thai

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicมา
m ā
RomanizationPaiboonmaa
Royal Institutema
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˧/(R)
Homophonesมาห์

Etymology 1

From Pali mā (“moon”).

Noun

มา • (maa)

  1. (poetic) moon.
Synonyms
Synonyms — see จันทร์ (jan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“to come”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩣ (ma), Lao ມາ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱ (maa), Tai Dam ꪣꪱ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥰ (mäa), Shan မႃး (máa), Aiton မႃ (mā), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma) or 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa), Zhuang maz.

Verb

มา • (maa) (abstract noun การมา)

  1. to move or come (towards the speaker's direction); to arrive.
    คุณมาจากที่ไหน
    kun maa jàak tîi-nǎi
    Where do you come from?

Adverb

มา • (maa)

  1. used to indicate motion towards the speaker's direction.
  2. used to indicate motion that still continues or that continues up to a certain point of time.
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