köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂meh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ Proto-Slavic *màma Old Polish mama Polish mama Inherited from Old Polish mama.
ghost (spirit appearing after death) · a demon · anyone
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 魔. The modern Vietnamese usage of ma (“ghost”) and quỷ (“demon; ogre”) is contrary to that of Mandarin 魔 (mó, “demon”) and 鬼 (guǐ, “ghost”). This can be exemplified in the pair ma đói vs. 餓鬼 /饿鬼 (ngạ quỷ, “preta”).
aile: đám ma, đi đời nhà ma, hồn ma, lắm thầy nhiều ma, ma cây, ma chay, ma cỏ, ma cũ bắt nạt ma mới, ma da, ma lai
köken: A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *meh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.