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ma

[ma]

particle

LanguageAkkadian (Iraq)

Meaning
  1. and, but
  2. used to stress single words, especially the predicate of nominal clauses
  3. A particle used as a conjunction or to provide emphasis to a specific word in a sentence.
Examples

um-ma-ma

this very day

Pronunciationma

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteOften used to emphasize the predicate of a sentence.

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