མ
མ - Translingual
Letter
མ
- Tibetan letter ma
མ - Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɑ/, [mɑ]
Letter
མ (ma)
མ - Dzongkha
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɑ˥/, [mɑ˥]
Letter
མ (ma)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɑ˩/
Adverb
མ (ma)
- Alternative form of མི (mi, “not, non-”)
མ - Ladakhi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mə/, [mə]
Letter
མ (ma)
མ - Sherpa
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ma/, [ma]
Letter
མ (ma)
མ - Sikkimese
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɐ/, [mɐ]
Letter
མ (ma)
མ - Tibetan
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ma/
- Lhasa: /ma˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA: /*ma/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: maf
- (Lhasa) IPA: /ma˥˥/
Letter
མ • (ma)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ma/
- Lhasa: /ma˩˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA: /*ma/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: mav
- (Lhasa) IPA: /ma˩˧/
Noun
མ • (ma)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ma/
- Lhasa: /ma˩˧/, /ma˥˥/, /m̥a˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA: /*ma/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: mav, maf, mhaf
- (Lhasa) IPA: /ma˩˧/, /ma˥˥/, /m̥a˥˥/
(Note: mav - before low-tone syllables; maf - before high-tone syllables; mhaf - before high-tone aspirated syllables)
Adverb
མ • (ma)
- negates the following verb in the past tense.
- བལྟས་ཀྱང་མ་མཐོང ― bltas kyang ma mthong ― He looked but did not see it
- negates the following verb in the imperative tense; prohibitive particle.
- placed between nouns to indicate “neither ... nor ...”.
- ར་མ་ལུག ― ra ma lug ― neither a goat nor a sheep
Suffix
མ • (ma)
- ownership suffix used to indicate the feminine form of a noun.
- ཟློས་གར་མ ― zlos gar ma ― female singer/dancer
Particle
མ • (ma)
- particle affixed to nouns to add a level of specificity or gravity to the noun.