ma
Ido
/ma/
conjunction
Definitions
- but
Etymology
Borrowed from French mais (but) borrowed from Italian ma borrowed from Spanish, Castilian mas derived from Latin magis (more) derived from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (great, big, many, stout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méǵh₂s
Gloss
great, big, many, stout
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Maius Latin
- ingens Latin
- magis Latin
- magister Latin
- maximus Latin
- ma Italian
- mai Italian
- désormais French
- maie French
- mais French
- ouiménon French
- mas Spanish, Castilian
- más Spanish, Castilian
- μέγας Ancient Greek
- μεγάλος Ancient Greek
- ἀγαυός Ancient Greek
- *-is Proto-Indo-European
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *mekō Proto-Germanic
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- mais Old French
- maistre Old French
- mes Old French
- mai Catalan, Valencian
- més Catalan, Valencian
- máis Galician
- մեծ Old Armenian
- niwære Middle High German
- mä Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- mais Old Portuguese
- mas Old Portuguese
- *magalos Proto-Celtic
- *magos Proto-Celtic
- *magyo- Proto-Celtic
- *mogont-s Proto-Celtic
- *maȷ́ʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *maȷ́ʰā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ma Aromanian
- más Asturian
- ma Friulian
- mai Friulian
- masse Friulian
- mai Old Occitan
- mais Old Occitan
- mas Old Spanish
- mezin Northern Kurdish
- mui Dalmatian
- ma Neapolitan
- ma Istriot
- mai Istriot
- *megalos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬨𐬀𐬰 Avestan
- magester Old Latin
- ma Interlingua
- *mākā Proto-Tocharian
- mɛ Nzadi