ma (verb) - to have

ma (02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List))

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ma

Transitivity / Valency

monotransitive verb takes two, e.g. He(1) kicked the ball(2).

Lexical Aspect

• Activity: Ongoing process, no defined end (run, swim, push).
• State: Unchanging (know, love, be).

Grammatical Note

• 02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List): This belongs to the closed class of primitive verbs. It is a root verb and does not utilize the Universal Verbalizer -ů suffix.

Semantic Field

Smnt_Field Transfer

Pronunciation

IPA: /ma/

Translations

• English: to have, to possess
• Polish: mieć

Example sentence

John gapowapo ma. John has a red apple.

Alternative forms

• sometimes appears as må in compound nouns if before consonants

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish “ma” (mieć)

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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