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Definition of Ma |
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Ma
A child's word for mother. In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother. But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick). Related Definitions: Address, As, But, Cautionary, Child, Countries, For, Form, Given, In, Lively, Ma, Mother, Non, Not, Of, Oriental, Presto, Quick, Respectful, To, Too, Troppo, Used, Vivace, Woman, Word |
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Ma Quotations
In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high. Laura I. Wilder A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura I. Wilder My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body. Elvis Presley Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. Jean de la Bruyere Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country. Laura I. Wilder |
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Ma Translations
ma in Swedish is mamma |
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