ᴱQ. má n. “hand” (Category: Hand)

References ✧ GL/55; LT2A/Ermabwed; PE14/52, 76, 117; PE15/73; PE16/137; QL/57; VT40/8

Glosses

• “hand” ✧ GL/55 (mâ); LT2A/Ermabwed (mā); PE14/76; PE14/117; PE16/137 (mā); QL/57 (mā)

Variations

• má ✧ PE14/76; PE14/117; VT40/8
• mâ ✧ GL/55; PE15/73
• mā ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; PE16/137; QL/57

Inflections

maqi	dual		✧ PE14/52; PE14/76; PE14/117
maqi	dual	“pair of hands”	✧ QL/57
maqit	dual		✧ PE14/52
măqi	dual		✧ PE15/73
máli	plural		✧ PE14/76; PE14/117
māli	plural		✧ PE15/73

Element In

• ᴱQ. maite² “maple”
• ᴱQ. Makarnea “Red-handed”
• ᴱQ. malenka “left handed” ✧ QL/57
• ᴱQ. mapalin “plane [tree], sycamore” ✧ QL/57
• ᴱQ. marikta “wrist” ✧ QL/57
• ᴱQ. mavoite “having hands” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/57
• ᴱQ. torwa pior má tarasse “*the dark-brown fruit in the hand of the hawthorns” ✧ VT40/8

Cognates

• G. mô “hand”
• G. ma “with instrument or by agent” ✧ GL/55

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/57
  • < maha < MAHA ✧ QL/57

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MAHA > maha > mā

[maxa] > [maxǝ] > [max] > [maɣ] > [mā]

✧ QL/57