'ma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Welsh

Etymology

Apheretic variant of yma (“here”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ma/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ma/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /mə/
Rhymes: -a

Adverb

'ma

(colloquial) here

Synonyms

dyma
yma

Determiner

y ... 'ma

this
y bachgen 'ma
this boy
(literally, “the boy here”)

(y) bore 'ma ― this morning

Usage notes

Always follows the noun it modifies, which in turn is preceded by the definite article y (yr before a vowel, 'r after a vowel).

Synonyms

hwn, hon, hyn

Related terms

'na

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