Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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det
Pronunciation spelling of my.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Initialism of Maharashtra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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particle
Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish
Synonyms: what
Antonyms: none provided
particle
Used at the end of an affirmative declarative sentence to change it into a yes–no question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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History
From Chinese 馬/马 (Cantonese: maa5, Hokkien: Má, Mandarin: Mǎ), or other sources.
From Cantonese 嘛 (maa3).
From Mandarin 嗎/吗 (ma) or Cantonese 嗎/吗 (maa5).
