Macamaca: 3 definitions

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Macamaca means something in Marathi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

macamaca (मचमच) [or चां, cāṃ].—ad Imit. of the sound of the jaws in eating, of the lips in kissing &c.

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macamaca (मचमच).—f (Imit.) The sound of the jaws in eating. Pr. khāṇēṃ thōḍēṃ ma0 phāra.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

macamaca (मचमच).—f The sound of the jaws in eating. ad Imit. of the sound of the jaws in eating.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Tamil dictionary

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Macamaca (மசமச) [macamacattal] [maca-maca] 11 intransitive verb cf. masa-masā.

1. To itch; தினவெடுத்தல். [thinaveduthal.] Local usage

2. To be slow and indecisive; காரியத்தை முடியாது தாமதித்தல். [kariyathai mudiyathu thamathithal.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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