maka (noun) - container, vessel

maka (01_Asaxi Nouns (List))

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maka

maka

Noun class (warm / cold)

Cold

Pronunciation

IPA: /maka/

Pitch Accent

• Morae: ma · ka
• Pattern: H · H
• Class: mixed

Semantic Field

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Translations

• English: container, vessel
• Polish: pojemnik, naczynie

Example sentence

Example 1

• Asaxi: vamaka ŕoŕo xiŕa.
• English: There is water inside the container.
• Polish: x

Example Sentence 2

Example 1

• Asaxi: jo sè gapo-săaai jamikùkiwa maka xiŕa!
• English: It’s a mass of scarlet fever germs!
• Polish: x

Alternative Forms

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Etymology

ma (have) + -ka (device) — „having-device”.

Synonyms

• nokam (related: storehouse)

Antonyms

• fůmă (related: none, nothing)

Derived terms

• makanů (to contain, to hold within) (potential)
• kjèmaka - basket
• ŕomaka - cup

Usage Note

Sense 2 (figurative). [sè X] maka predicates that something is, in effect, nothing but a container of X. First attested in onă gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).