See also: -마 and
U+B9C8, 마
HANGUL SYLLABLE MA
Composition: +

[U+B9C7]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B9C9]
U+3212, ㈒
PARENTHESIZED HANGUL MIEUM A

[U+3211]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3213]
U+3272, ㉲
CIRCLED HANGUL MIEUM A

[U+3271]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3273]
맊맋맍많
맑맒맓맔맕
맖맗맙맚
맞맟맠
리 ←→ 매

Jeju

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ma⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [ma̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ma
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ma
Yale Romanization?ma

Etymology 1

Noun

(ma)

  1. alternative form of 장마 (jangma)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(ma)

  1. fog
    Synonyms: 안개 (an'gae), 으남 (eunam)

Etymology 3

From Middle Korean 맣〮 (máh). Cognate to Korean (ma).

Noun

(ma)

  1. yam

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(ma)

  1. a sound made while giving something to a person under one's hand.

References

  • ” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
  • 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009), “”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 337

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from .

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?ma
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?ma
    McCune–Reischauer?ma
    Yale Romanization?ma

    Noun

    • (ma) (hanja )

    1. (usually attributive with -의 (-ui, genitive marker)) jinx; devil, demon; evil spirit / influence
      끼다/들다ma-ga kkida/deuldato be possessed/bedeviled
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 맣〮 (Yale: máh).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ma̠(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?ma
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?ma
    McCune–Reischauer?ma
    Yale Romanization?

    Noun

    • (ma)

    1. General term for yam and plants from the family Dioscoreaceae
    Derived terms
    • 참마 (chamma, “Japanese mountain yam”)

    Etymology 3

      Sino-Korean word from .

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?ma
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?ma
      McCune–Reischauer?ma
      Yale Romanization?ma

      Noun

      • (ma) (hanja )

      1. hemp (Cannabis sativa)
        Synonym: (sam)
      Derived terms

      Etymology 4

      Possibly from Middle Korean 맣〮 (máh). See 마파람 (maparam, southern wind).

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?ma
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?ma
      McCune–Reischauer?ma
      Yale Romanization?ma

      Noun

      • (ma)

      1. (obsolete or sailors' jargon) south
      Derived terms

      Etymology 5

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?ma
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?ma
      McCune–Reischauer?ma
      Yale Romanization?ma

      Noun

      • (ma)

      1. mi (musical note)

      Etymology 6

      Verb

      • (ma)

      1. (irregular) informal non polite imperative form of 말다 (malda, “to not do something”)

      Etymology 7

      Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

      Syllable

      • (ma)