ma

1. A child's word for mother. 2. [Hind.] In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother. Balfour (Cyc. of India). But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick). Moore (Encyc. of Music).

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