maka (01_Asaxi Nouns (List))
maka
maka
Noun class (warm / cold)
Cold
Pronunciation
IPA: /maka/
Semantic Field
Translations
- English: container, vessel
- Polish: pojemnik, naczynie
Example sentence
Vamaka ŕoŕo xiŕa. There is water inside the container.
Example Sentence 2
Jo sè gapo-săaai jamikùkiwa maka xiŕa! “It’s a mass of scarlet fever germs!”
Alternative Forms
Null
Etymology
ma (have) + -ka (device) — „having-device”.
Synonyms
- nokam (related: storehouse)
Antonyms
- fůmă (related: none, nothing)
Derived terms
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).