Where does “ma” come from?

ma (Situ) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

ma (Situ): not, no; negative particle

Definitions

  1. not, no; negative particle

Ancestry of “ma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma