maza

From Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).

maza

1. An Ancient Greek barley cake.

• Azam, zama

maza

1. quickly, as quickly as possible

maza

1. water

• Deborah L. Buchanan, The Munukutuba Noun Class System, Journal of West African Languages, page 85, 1997

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).

māza f (genitive māzae); first declension

1. maza

First declension.

• maza in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maza in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

maza

1. genitive singular masculine form of mazs
2. nominative singular feminine form of mazs

From a Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea, from Latin mateola, from a Proto-Indo-European root describing similar tools; see also Old High German medela (“plow”), Old Church Slavonic мотыка (motyka, “mattock”), मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”). Related to Portuguese maça, Catalan maça, French masse, Italian mazza.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaθa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈmasa/
• Homophone: masa (non-Castilian)

maza f (plural mazas)

1. mace, club (weapon)
2. mallet (in polo)
3. handle (of a billiards or snooker cue)
4. drumstick (for playing drums)
5. meat tenderizer

• mazar
• mazazo
• mazo

• “maza” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.