maa
/mɑː/
maa interjection: a bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.
Interjection
Verb
maa (third-person singular simple present maas, present participle maaing, simple past and past participle maaed)
- To make such a sound.
- Now it's even worse! The goat maas all the time. And the smell...1992, Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore, page 126
- Now the twins started to cry and Malachy clung to Mam, sobbing. The cows mooed, the sheep maaed […]2000, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes
Forms of maa
| third-person singular present | maas |
|---|---|
| present participle | maaing |
| past participle | maaed |
| past | maaed |
Origin of maa
Onomatopoeic.
Words that rhyme with maa
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Moskva
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
Questions about maa
- What does maa mean?
- Maa means a bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.
- What part of speech is maa?
- Maa can be an interjection or a verb.
- How do you pronounce maa?
- Maa is pronounced /mɑː/.
Words near maa in the dictionary
Source and license
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