ma

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of moving average.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Master of Arts.
2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of mature audience, a television rating.
3. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of master-at-arms.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, plural-normally)Abbreviation of milli-arcsecond.
5. (colloquial)mother, mama

   “Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.”

6. (colloquial)The landlady of a theater.

   “[…] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]”

7. May.
8. (uncountable)Negative space in Japanese art.
9. (informal, uncountable)Mother, mom, mama.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of Maluku: a province of Indonesia.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of Maranhão: a state of Brazil.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of Mastercard.

   “Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of May.
6. A common surname from Chinese of East Asian derivation.
7. A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

det

1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal, informal)Alternative spelling of my.

particle

1. (Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of mah.
2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of mah.