macha

English

Etymology 1

Transliteration of TamilCategory:English terms borrowed from Tamil#MACHACategory:English transliterations of Tamil terms#MACHACategory:English terms derived from Tamil#MACHA மச்சான் (maccāṉ)

Pronunciation

Noun

macha (plural machas)Category:English lemmas#MACHACategory:English nouns#MACHACategory:English countable nouns#MACHACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. (Tamil Nadu, slangCategory:English slang#MACHA, informalCategory:English informal terms#MACHA) best friend
    Synonym: bro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#MACHACategory:English terms derived from Spanish#MACHA macha or formed by analogy from English macho.

Adjective

macha (comparative more macha, superlative most macha)Category:English lemmas#MACHACategory:English adjectives#MACHACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. (of a woman) macho
    • 1990 February 4, Vanessa Nemeth, Stephanie Poggi, “Bumps And All”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 12:
      You know, I wonder how class affects the butch/fem aspects of our relationship, because I know there's this macha thing where you want to provide for me in some way.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MACHA

References

  • Constantine V. Nakassis (2 April 2014), “Suspended Kinship and Youth Sociality in Tamil Nadu, India”, in Current Anthropology‎, volume 55, number 2, page 9

Irish

Etymology

From Middle IrishCategory:Irish terms derived from Middle Irish#MACHA machad.[1] See machair (“plain and arable land”).

Pronunciation

Noun

macha m (genitive singular macha, nominative plural machaí)Category:Irish lemmas#MACHACategory:Irish nouns#MACHACategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Irish masculine nouns#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. enclosure for milking cows, cattle field, cattle yard
  2. herd of cattle

Declension

Mutation

Mutated forms of macha
radical lenition eclipsis
macha mhacha not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 macha, machad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 189

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “maċa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 692; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “macha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Category:ga:Agriculture#MACHA

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of masaCategory:Polish clippings#MACHA + -chaCategory:Polish terms suffixed with -cha#MACHA.

Noun

macha fCategory:Polish lemmas#MACHACategory:Polish nouns#MACHACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Polish feminine nouns#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. (Western KrakówCategory:Western Kraków Polish#MACHA, Szczodrkowice, Maszków) augmentative of masa (“mass”)Category:Polish augmentative nouns#MACHA (large number or amount)
    macha piéniędzy ― mass of moneyCategory:Polish terms with collocations#MACHA

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

machaCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#MACHACategory:Polish verb forms#MACHACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. third-person singular present of machać

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “masa”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 122

Portuguese

Adjective

machaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#MACHACategory:Portuguese adjective forms#MACHACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. feminine singular of macho

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Of indigenous/Native American origin, probably from MapudungunCategory:Spanish terms derived from Mapudungun#MACHA.

Noun

macha f (plural machas)Category:Spanish lemmas#MACHACategory:Spanish nouns#MACHACategory:Spanish countable nouns#MACHACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. an edible razor clam of species Ensis machaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Ensis%20macha
    Synonyms: navaja, navajuela

Etymology 2

Noun

macha f (plural machas)Category:Spanish lemmas#MACHACategory:Spanish nouns#MACHACategory:Spanish countable nouns#MACHACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. (Costa RicaCategory:Costa Rican Spanish#MACHA) female equivalent of machoCategory:Spanish female equivalent nouns#MACHA: blonde

Etymology 3

Adjective

machaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#MACHACategory:Spanish adjective forms#MACHACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

  1. feminine singular of macho

Etymology 4

Verb

machaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#MACHACategory:Spanish verb forms#MACHACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MACHACategory:Pages with entries#MACHACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MACHA

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

Further reading

Category:es:Seafood#MACHACategory:es:Bivalves#MACHA
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