'ma

Welsh

Etymology

Apheretic variant of yma (“here”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ma/
(South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ma/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /mə/

Adverb

'ma

(colloquial) here

Synonyms

dyma
yma

Determiner

y...'ma

this
y bachgen 'ma
this boy

Usage notes

Always follows the noun it modifies, which in turn is preceded by the definite article y (yr before a vowel, 'r after a vowel).

Synonyms

hwn, hon, hyn

Related terms

'na

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