ma³ (home, lair) of ‹s.o.› / (house) for ‹s.th.›

Part of Speech	possessive
Phonetic Form	ma
Variant Form(s)	mwa
Proto-Form	POc: *Rumaq
Tanema Equivalent	ake

1. • (home, lair) of ‹s.o.›

   Syntactic Restriction

   after moe ‘house’

   • • Example 428:
       

       Li-pinoe li-dai ra ra awoiu, li-tabo li-le ne bonge ma dapa.

       They dance on and on, until they return to their cave home.

       Example Comment

       dancing Spirits

     • Example 1496:
       

       moe ma tadoe

       Devils' lair (ancestral temple)

     • Example 1497:
       

       Toplau mwa gete

       clubhouse for youngsters

     • Example 1498:
       

       Voko ma Gete

       Youngsters' Rock

2. • (house) for ‹s.th.›

   • • Example 1456:
       

       moe ma longe

       firewood house (where wood is stocked)

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ma² place where ‹animal+› usually dwells: den, lair, burrow
• See also:
  • mam home of ‹s.o., s.th.›
  • bonge cave, in a rock or cliff, typically on the coast