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ma

particle

LanguageAchang (China)

Meaning
  1. Placed before a verb to negate it: not
  2. not
  3. A particle used before a verb to negate its meaning.
Examples

No dap laus eq ma xauhgyo, nho dap laus eq ma yoh nam.

The idols have ears stuck to them but do not hear; the idols have noses stuck to them but cannot smell.

Part of speechparticle

Usage notePlaced directly before the action being negated.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.