maca

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English[edit]

maca roots

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Noun[edit]

maca (countable and uncountable, plural macas)

  1. Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.
    Synonym: Peruvian ginseng
    • 2009, M. Hermann, T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:
      The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]
    • 2007 March 18, G. Pascal Zachary, “Is the Key to Creativity in Your Pillbox, or in Your PC?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The gap between what the Internet promises and what it delivers is part of the reason that people […] continue to turn to enhancers from caffeine to maca to virtual reality.
    • 2014, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, volume 9, page 802:
      Dried macas are cooked in water or milk and used to prepare a kind of sweet and aromatic porridge, mazamorra. The small macas are preferred, since they are less fibrous.

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maˈħa/, [mʌˈħʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Pronoun[edit]

macá

  1. what? (inanimate)

Related terms[edit]

  • má (“what kind of?”)

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “maca”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. inflection of macë:
    1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural
    2. definite nominative singular

Arabela[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca (plural macaca)

  1. stick

Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

maca

  1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

maca

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Verb[edit]

maca

  1. To give.

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb[edit]

maca

  1. give

Cubeo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. excrement, poop, fecal matter.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maca", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
  • N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Drehu[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. right (direction)

References[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑkɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝kɑ̝]

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

Declension[edit]

Inflection of maca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative maca macat
genitive macan macojen
partitive macaa macoja
illative macaan macoihin
singular plural
nominative maca macat
accusative nom. maca macat
gen. macan
genitive macan macojen
macainrare
partitive macaa macoja
inessive macassa macoissa
elative macasta macoista
illative macaan macoihin
adessive macalla macoilla
ablative macalta macoilta
allative macalle macoille
essive macana macoina
translative macaksi macoiksi
abessive macatta macoitta
instructive — macoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative macani macani
accusative nom. macani macani
gen. macani
genitive macani macojeni
macainirare
partitive macaani macojani
inessive macassani macoissani
elative macastani macoistani
illative macaani macoihini
adessive macallani macoillani
ablative macaltani macoiltani
allative macalleni macoilleni
essive macanani macoinani
translative macakseni macoikseni
abessive macattani macoittani
instructive — —
comitative — macoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative macasi macasi
accusative nom. macasi macasi
gen. macasi
genitive macasi macojesi
macaisirare
partitive macaasi macojasi
inessive macassasi macoissasi
elative macastasi macoistasi
illative macaasi macoihisi
adessive macallasi macoillasi
ablative macaltasi macoiltasi
allative macallesi macoillesi
essive macanasi macoinasi
translative macaksesi macoiksesi
abessive macattasi macoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — macoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative macamme macamme
accusative nom. macamme macamme
gen. macamme
genitive macamme macojemme
macaimmerare
partitive macaamme macojamme
inessive macassamme macoissamme
elative macastamme macoistamme
illative macaamme macoihimme
adessive macallamme macoillamme
ablative macaltamme macoiltamme
allative macallemme macoillemme
essive macanamme macoinamme
translative macaksemme macoiksemme
abessive macattamme macoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — macoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative macanne macanne
accusative nom. macanne macanne
gen. macanne
genitive macanne macojenne
macainnerare
partitive macaanne macojanne
inessive macassanne macoissanne
elative macastanne macoistanne
illative macaanne macoihinne
adessive macallanne macoillanne
ablative macaltanne macoiltanne
allative macallenne macoillenne
essive macananne macoinanne
translative macaksenne macoiksenne
abessive macattanne macoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — macoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative macansa macansa
accusative nom. macansa macansa
gen. macansa
genitive macansa macojensa
macainsarare
partitive macaansa macojaan
macojansa
inessive macassaan
macassansa 		macoissaan
macoissansa
elative macastaan
macastansa 		macoistaan
macoistansa
illative macaansa macoihinsa
adessive macallaan
macallansa 		macoillaan
macoillansa
ablative macaltaan
macaltansa 		macoiltaan
macoiltansa
allative macalleen
macallensa 		macoilleen
macoillensa
essive macanaan
macanansa 		macoinaan
macoinansa
translative macakseen
macaksensa 		macoikseen
macoiksensa
abessive macattaan
macattansa 		macoittaan
macoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — macoineen
macoinensa

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. vocative plural of mac

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maca mhaca not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

maca

  1. (Indonesia) Romanization of ꦩꦕ

Paiwan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. eye

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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maca

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.t͡sa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Yiddish מצה (matse).

Noun[edit]

maca f (related adjective macowy)

  1. (Judaism, uncountable) matzo (thin, unleavened bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik
  2. (Judaism, countable) matzo (piece of such bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish maca, meca. Compare German Metze.

Noun[edit]

maca f

  1. (obsolete) dry measure of grain
    Synonym: garniec
Declension[edit]
Declension of maca
singular plural
nominative maca mace
genitive macy mac
dative macy macom
accusative macę mace
instrumental macą macami
locative macy macach
vocative maco mace

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

maca

  1. third-person singular present of macać

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca f (plural macas)

  1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
  2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
  3. sailor’s hammock

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French macao or Italian macao.

Noun[edit]

maca f (uncountable)

  1. Mau Mau (card game)

Declension[edit]

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mǎːt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca

Noun[edit]

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ма́ца)

  1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty
    Synonym: mačka

Declension[edit]

Declension of maca
singular plural
nominative maca mace
genitive mace maca
dative maci macama
accusative macu mace
vocative maco mace
locative maci macama
instrumental macom macama

References[edit]

  • “maca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaka/ [ˈma.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Quechua maqa.

Noun[edit]

maca f (plural macas)

  1. maca (Andean herb)

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

maca f

  1. feminine singular of maco

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

maca

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Taíno[edit]

Noun[edit]

maca

  1. tree

References[edit]

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