masa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "masa"

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 柾 (masa) or 政 (masa), an abbreviation of 柾紙 (masagami) or 政紙 (masagami).

Noun

masa (uncountable) (More fully, masa paper)

1. (art) A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting

Etymology 2

From Spanish masa (“dough”). Doublet of mass.

Noun

masa (usually uncountable, plural masas)

1. (US) Maize dough made from freshly prepared hominy, used for making tortillas, tamales, etc.
   • 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, quoting Fermín Núñez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN:

     The chef Fermín Núñez of Suerte, in Austin, Texas, considers masa “the canvas of what Mexican cooking is all about.” “Without masa,” he said, “there’s no tortillas, and, without tortillas, there’s no tacos!”

Anagrams

• -sama, AAMS, AAMs, AMSA, Maas, Sama, aams, amas, maas

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/
• Syllabification: ma‧sa
• Rhymes: -asa

Adjective

masa

1. too much, too many

   Synonyms: masiau, demasiau

Adverb

masa

1. too (to an excessive degree)
2. excessively, too much

   Synonyms: masiau, demasiau

Noun

masa f

1. mass (quantity of matter)

   masa critica ― critical mass

2. dough

   Synonym: pasta

Derived terms

• biomasa
• en massa
• massa d'aire

Further reading

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		маса
Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ماسه, from Bulgarian ма́са (mása), from Romanian masă, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑˈsɑ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (definite accusative masanı, plural masalar)

1. (somewhat high-style) table

   Synonyms: stol, (South Azerbaijani) miz

Declension

Declension of masa

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	masalar
definite accusative	masanı	masaları
dative	masaya	masalara
locative	masada	masalarda
ablative	masadan	masalardan
definite genitive	masanın	masaların

Possessive forms of masa

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	masam	masalarım
sənin (“your”)	masan	masaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	masası	masaları
bizim (“our”)	masamız	masalarımız
sizin (“your”)	masanız	masalarınız
onların (“their”)	masası or masaları	masaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	masamı	masalarımı
sənin (“your”)	masanı	masalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	masasını	masalarını
bizim (“our”)	masamızı	masalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	masanızı	masalarınızı
onların (“their”)	masasını or masalarını	masalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	masama	masalarıma
sənin (“your”)	masana	masalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	masasına	masalarına
bizim (“our”)	masamıza	masalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	masanıza	masalarınıza
onların (“their”)	masasına or masalarına	masalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	masamda	masalarımda
sənin (“your”)	masanda	masalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	masasında	masalarında
bizim (“our”)	masamızda	masalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	masanızda	masalarınızda
onların (“their”)	masasında or masalarında	masalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	masamdan	masalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	masandan	masalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	masasından	masalarından
bizim (“our”)	masamızdan	masalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	masanızdan	masalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	masasından or masalarından	masalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	masamın	masalarımın
sənin (“your”)	masanın	masalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	masasının	masalarının
bizim (“our”)	masamızın	masalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	masanızın	masalarınızın
onların (“their”)	masasının or masalarının	masalarının

Derived terms

• masaüstü

Further reading

• “masa” in Obastan.com.

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.sə/
• Rhymes: -asə
• Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Malay masak.

Noun

masa (Balinese script ᬫᬲ)

1. cooking

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not; it is impossible”).

Interjection

masa (Balinese script ᬫᬲ)

1. really?

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“month; time”), from Sanskrit [Term?].

Noun

masa (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬲ)

1. month
2. year
3. season

Etymology 4

From asa (“feeling”) +‎ ma-.

Verb

masa (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬲ)

1. to feel
2. (copulative) to feel; to be felt

Further reading

• “masa”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Bambara

Noun

masa

1. king

Derived terms

• masaden
• masafugala
• masajamana
• masakɛ
• masakɛjamana
• masamuso
• masasigilan
• masaso
• masaya

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish masa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa]

Noun

masa

1. dough

   Synonym: tapay

Derived terms

• magmasa
• masahon

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

masa

1. deer.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmasa]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

Noun

masa f (relational adjective masový)

1. mass (a large body of individuals, especially persons)

   masa lidí ― mass of people

Declension

Declension of masa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	masy
genitive	masy	mas
dative	mase	masám
accusative	masu	masy
vocative	maso	masy
locative	mase	masách
instrumental	masou	masami

Related terms

• masiv
• masivní

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

masa

1. inflection of maso:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• “masa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “masa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “masa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum < mittō.

Noun

masa f

1. Mass

Galician

Alternative forms

• massa (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese massa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin massa (“dough”). Cognate with Portuguese massa and Spanish masa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

1. dough

   Synonym: amoado

   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 123:

     logo todos ordenaron que fesesen as paandeiras o pan do dia, triigo de tres onças, ben apostado e ben linpo e de boa masa

     after this everyone ordered the bakers to make the daily bread, wheat of three ounces, well prepared and very clean and of good dough

2. mortar

   Synonyms: argamasa, morteiro

3. (physics) mass

Derived terms

• amasar
• maseira

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “massa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “massa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “masa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “masa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “masa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “masa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Hopi

Noun

masa

1. wing (body part of an animal)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse masa, from Proto-Germanic *masōną. Cognate with English maze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːsa/
• Rhymes: -aːsa

Verb

masa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative masaði, supine masað)

1. (intransitive) to chat, to chatter

Conjugation

masa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að masa
supine sagnbót		masað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		masandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	masa	masaði		masi	masaði
	þú	masar	masaðir		masir	masaðir
	hann, hún, það	masar	masaði		masi	masaði
plural	við	mösum	mösuðum		mösum	mösuðum
	þið	masið	mösuðuð		masið	mösuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	masa	mösuðu		masi	mösuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	masa (þú), masaðu
plural	þið	masið (þið), masiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Anagrams

• sama

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmasa]
• Hyphenation: ma‧sa
• Homophone: massa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Etymology 1

From Malay masa, from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“time, time of day; season”, literally “month”), from Sanskrit मास (māsa, “month”).

• The sense of doubt or disbelief expression is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦩꦺꦴꦱꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (mosok), variant of ꦩꦱ (masa, “disbelief expression”, literally “certainly not”), from Old Javanese masa (“certainly not”) (cf. salah masa (“at the wrong time”)).

Noun

masa (plural masa-masa)

1. period,
   1. history: period of time seen as coherent entity
   2. length of time
   3. length of time during which something repeats
2. time,
   1. inevitable passing of events
   2. quantity of availability in time
   3. time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc.
   4. particular moment or hour
   5. measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time
   6. numerical indication of a particular moment in time
3. (geology) era

Synonyms

• kala
• waktu

Hyponyms

• masa aktif
• masa anak-anak
• masa bakti
• masa balik modal
• masa bebas pajak
• masa berahi
• masa berburu
• masa bercocok tanam
• masa berkabung
• masa berlaku
• masa bertunang
• masa bunting
• masa datang
• masa depan
• masa dewasa
• masa edar uang
• masa emosional
• masa gencat
• masa gencat mesin
• masa glasial
• masa henti
• masa hidup
• masa iddah
• masa inap
• masa inkubasi
• masa intelektual
• masa isolasi
• masa istirahat
• masa jabatan
• masa jendela
• masa kampanye
• masa kanak-kanak
• masa karantina
• masa kawin
• masa keemasan
• masa kehamilan
• masa kejayaan
• masa kekeringan
• masa kembali modal
• masa kering
• masa kerja
• masa kini
• masa kosong
• masa kritis
• masa laku visa
• masa lalu
• masa laten
• masa leluasa
• masa lia
• masa mendatang
• masa menentang
• masa menganggur
• masa menyusu
• masa meramu
• masa nifas
• masa ovulasi
• masa pajak
• masa pancaroba
• masa panen
• masa peka
• masa pemerintahan
• masa pemulihan
• masa penagihan
• masa pensiun
• masa penyerahan
• masa peralihan
• masa percobaan
• masa perlindungan
• masa persiapan pensiun
• masa pertunangan
• masa pertunjukan
• masa perundagian
• masa pinjam
• masa pinjaman
• masa pluvial
• masa polis
• masa prenatal
• masa puber
• masa remaja
• masa remisi
• masa reses
• masa retensi
• masa sangkal
• masa senggang
• masa sidang Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
• masa singkapan
• masa studi
• masa subur
• masa tahanan
• masa tanam
• masa tanggap
• masa tenang
• masa tenggang
• masa terseleksi
• masa transisi
• masa tua
• masa tugas
• masa tunas
• masa tunggu

Derived terms

• masa depan
• masa lalu
• semasa
• semasa-masa

Adverb

masa

1. words to express distrust and rhetorical in nature
2. express the speaker's doubt or disbelief about something that they have just heard, learned, or noticed

Alternative forms

• masak (nonstandard)
• masa' (nonstandard)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “a weight of gold”).

Noun

masa (uncountable)

1. (archaeology) unit of measurement of weight for gold and silver

Further reading

• “masa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

masa

1. Rōmaji transcription of まさ

Ladino

Etymology

From Sephardi Hebrew מַצָּה (masá), from Biblical Hebrew מַצָּה (maṩå).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈsa/

Noun

masa f (Hebrew spelling מצה, plural masot)

1. matzah
2. dough

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmasːa]

Noun

masa f (4th declension)

1. (physics) mass
2. mass, quantity, amount
3. mass, body, bulk, blob
4. (in the plural) the masses
5. (genitive plural) mass, large-scale

Declension

Declension of masa (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	masa	masas
genitive	masas	masu
dative	masai	masām
accusative	masu	masas
instrumental	masu	masām
locative	masā	masās
vocative	masa	masas

Malay

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit मास (māsa, “month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masa/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [ma.sə]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [ma.sa]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

      (file)

• Rhymes: -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Jawi spelling ماس, plural masa-masa or masa²)

1. Time:

   Synonyms: waktu, kala

   1. Inevitable passing of events.
   2. Quantity of availability in time.
   3. Time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc.
   4. Particular moment or hour.
   5. Measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time.
   6. Numerical indication of a particular moment in time.

Affixations

• pemasa
• pemasaan
• semasa
• semasa-masa

Compounds

• dari semasa ke semasa
• masa capaian
• masa depan / masa hadapan / masa datang
• masa karbon
• masa kecil
• masa kering
• masa kerja
• masa lampau
• masa lapang / masa lega
• masa peralihan
• masa Permian
• masa rehat
• separuh masa

Conjunction

masa (Jawi spelling ماس, formal form semasa)

1. (informal) During the time that; when.

   Synonyms: waktu, bila

   Masa aku tulis karangan tu, aku tak ingat pun kena lebih daripada 250 patah perkataan.

   When I was writing the essay, I didn't know that it had to be longer than 250 words.

Further reading

• "masa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Ngaju

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq.

Verb

masa

1. to sharpen

Northern Sami

Pronoun

masa

1. illative singular of mii

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• maset
• maste (simple past)
• mast (past participle)

Verb

masa

1. inflection of mase:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mase
• måså (Gausdal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːsɑ/

Verb

masa (present tense masar, past tense masa, past participle masa, passive infinitive masast, present participle masande, imperative masa/mas)

1. to nag
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:

     […] sidan tok han til aa masa um ei Gullkedja, som han visste, ho skulde hava; han vilde kaupa da Halsgullet, um da var aldri so dyrt […]

     […] then he started nagging about a gold chain, that he knew she had; he wanted to buy that necklace, no matter the price […]

References

• “masa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Homophones: māsa, māṣa
• Hyphenation: ma‧sa

Etymology 1

Noun

masa

1. alternative spelling of māsa (“month; time”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

masa

1. certainly not
2. it is impossible

Descendants

• Javanese: mangsa
• → Balinese: masa

Further reading

• "masa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

masa

1. deer

Polish

Alternative forms

• massa (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ǵyéti

Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)

Ancient Greek μαγῆμαι (magêmai)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.

Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)

Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza)bor.

Latin massalbor.

Polish masa

Learned borrowing from Latin massa. First attested in 1534.Compare Silesian masa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.sa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈma.sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa f (related adjective masowy)

1. (countable) mass (shapeless substance that is flexible and allows itself to be formed)

   Synonym: bryła

2. (uncountable, colloquial) mass (large number or amount)

   Synonym: ogrom

3. (countable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter)
4. (electricity) ground (point against which potentials are measured in an electrical or electronic system)
5. (countable) mass (large object or objects seen in faint outline)
6. (uncountable, obsolete, property law) property remaining after the deceased testator or after the bankruptcy of a merchant or industrialist, subject to division among creditors or heirs
7. (obsolete, uncountable, metallurgy) a type of greasy sand used in the production of steel castings
8. (countable, obsolete, biliards) a billiard cue with a wide butt on the thinner end for better hitting the ball
9. (countable, Middle Polish) mixture

   Synonym: mieszanina

10. (in the plural) masses (people; especially a large number of people; the general population)

Declension

Declension of masa

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	masy
genitive	masy	mas
dative	masie	masom
accusative	masę	masy
instrumental	masą	masami
locative	masie	masach
vocative	maso	masy

Derived terms

adverbs

• masami
• masę

nouns

• biomasa
• ciemna masa
• masa atomowa
• masa cząsteczkowa
• masa krytyczna
• masa plastyczna
• masa spadkowa
• masa upadłościowa
• masa właściwa

Descendants

• → Kashubian: masa
• → Slovincian: masa

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), masa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 44 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 33 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 955 times, making it the 664th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• masa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• masy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• masa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “MASA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.07.2019
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “masa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “masa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “masa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 892

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French masser.

Verb

a masa (third-person singular present masează, past participle masat) 1st conjugation

1. to massage

Conjugation

    conjugation of masa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a masa
gerund			masând
past participle			masat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	masez	masezi	masează	masăm	masați	masează
	imperfect	masam	masai	masa	masam	masați	masau
	simple perfect	masai	masași	masă	masarăm	masarăți	masară
	pluperfect	masasem	masaseși	masase	masaserăm	masaserăți	masaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să masez	să masezi	să maseze	să masăm	să masați	să maseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		masează			masați
	negative		nu masa			nu masați

Related terms

• masaj
• masare
• masat (past participle of masa)

Etymology 2

Noun

masa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of masă

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

màsa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀са)

1. mass

Declension

Declension of masa

	singular	plural
nominative	masa	mase
genitive	mase	masa
dative	masi	masama
accusative	masu	mase
vocative	maso	mase
locative	masi	masama
instrumental	masom	masama

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːsa/

Noun

mȃsa f

1. mass (large quantity; sum)

Declension

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mása
gen. sing.	máse
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mása	mási	máse
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máse	más	más
dative (dajȃlnik)	mási	másama	másam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máso	mási	máse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mási	másah	másah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	máso	másama	másami

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈma.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ma‧sa
• Homophone: (Latin America) maza

Etymology 1

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Noun

masa f (plural masas)

1. (food) dough

   Synonym: pasta

2. (physics) mass
3. drove (large amount)

   en masa ― in droves

Derived terms

• amasar
• baño de masas
• bola de masa
• con las manos en la masa
• en masa
• espectro de masas
• espectrómetro de masas
• índice de masa corporal
• masa atómica
• masa crítica
• masa en reposo
• masa madre
• masa molar
• masa molecular
• masa solar
• masar
• masilla
• masita
• masudo
• medios de comunicación de masas
• poner a masa
• poner las manos en la masa
• producción en masa

Related terms

• masivo

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: masa
• → English: masa
• → Tagalog: masa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

masa

1. inflection of masar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “masa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

From a dialectal masa (“move or work slowly”). Probably sound symbolic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɑːsa/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːsa

Verb

masa (present masar, preterite masade, supine masat, imperative masa)

1. (reflexive) to move slowly

   Jag masade mig ur sängen

   I dragged myself out of bed

Conjugation

Conjugation of masa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	masa		masas
supine	masat		masats
imperative	masa		—
imper. plural1	masen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	masar	masade	masas	masades
ind. plural1	masa	masade	masas	masades
subjunctive2	mase	masade	mases	masades
present participle		masande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• masa sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• Maas

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish masa, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈmaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ)

1. dough
2. people; the masses

Derived terms

• minasa
• pangmasa

Related terms

• masilya

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay masa, from Old Javanese masa, māsa (“time, time of day; season”, literally “month”), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit मास (māsa). Compare Tausug masa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈmaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ) (obsolete)

1. time; epoch; season

   Synonyms: panahon, salukoy, sagsag

Derived terms

• kamasahan

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/ [ˈmaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: ma‧sa

Verb

masa (complete nasa, progressive nanasa, contemplative babasa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ) (obsolete)

1. apheretic form of bumasa (infinitive): to read

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈsaʔ/ [mɐˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧sa

Verb

masâ (complete nasa, progressive nanasa, contemplative babasa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ) (obsolete)

1. apheretic form of bumasa (infinitive): to make something wet

Further reading

• “masa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• sama, amas, asam

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay masa.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /masa/ [maˈsa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧sa

Noun

masa (Sulat Sūg spelling مَسَ)

1. era, epoch, age

   Synonym: jaman

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماسه, borrowed from Bulgarian маса (masa, “table”), from Romanian masă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑˈsɑ]

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Noun

masa (definite accusative masayı, plural masalar)

1. table

Declension

Declension of masa

singular plural nominative masa masalar definite accusative masayı masaları dative masaya masalara locative masada masalarda ablative masadan masalardan genitive masanın masaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular masam masalarım 2nd singular masan masaların 3rd singular masası masaları 1st plural masamız masalarımız 2nd plural masanız masalarınız 3rd plural masaları masaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular masamı masalarımı 2nd singular masanı masalarını 3rd singular masasını masalarını 1st plural masamızı masalarımızı 2nd plural masanızı masalarınızı 3rd plural masalarını masalarını dative singular plural 1st singular masama masalarıma 2nd singular masana masalarına 3rd singular masasına masalarına 1st plural masamıza masalarımıza 2nd plural masanıza masalarınıza 3rd plural masalarına masalarına locative singular plural 1st singular masamda masalarımda 2nd singular masanda masalarında 3rd singular masasında masalarında 1st plural masamızda masalarımızda 2nd plural masanızda masalarınızda 3rd plural masalarında masalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular masamdan masalarımdan 2nd singular masandan masalarından 3rd singular masasından masalarından 1st plural masamızdan masalarımızdan 2nd plural masanızdan masalarınızdan 3rd plural masalarından masalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular masamın masalarımın 2nd singular masanın masalarının 3rd singular masasının masalarının 1st plural masamızın masalarımızın 2nd plural masanızın masalarınızın 3rd plural masalarının masalarının

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian massa.

Noun

masa f (plural mase)

1. mass

Adverb

masa

1. too much
2. very