Talk:ma

From Toki Pona

. Worldly affairs and pursuits. b. Everyday life; reality:

, including its natural resources and the events happening in it

area of influence

events, life

ma sina = in your life

the universe = everything that constitutes reality?

LAND, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that if the whole area of terra firma is owned by A, B and C, there will be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to exist.

Examples

kama lon ma	appear in the world; be born
jan ma	native, countryman, countrywoman, citizen, national
jan pi ma ante	person from different country; foreigner, tourist
jan pi ma sama	person from same country; fellow citizen, countryman
jan lawa ma	leader of a jurisdiction, president of country, governor of state, premier of province, etc.
ma lili	a smaller area of land; state, province, county, neighbourhood, subdivision
ma tomo	an area of land with buildings on it; village, town, city
ma kasi	forest, the bush, nature, out on the land, garden
ma mama	fatherland, motherland, native land, homeland

jan lawa pi ma tomo mayor jan ma farmer, someone living in the country ma nature ma kingdom ma ali the earth ma ali the world political, geographic, ecological ma ike Hell ma kama anpa suno West ma kama sewi suno East ma mama Nature ma nena mountainous area, the mountains ma nena mountainous area, the mountains ma Pelija Belize? ma pi ike ale hell ma pi kama jo ijo mute market ma pi kasi lili field, yard, lawn ma pi kasi moku orchard ma pi pona ale heaven ma pi sona tawa ?internet? ma sewi Heaven ma sewi pona Heaven ma suli continent ma supa plains ma telo swamp? tar? ma telo jaki mud, slops ma tomo city, town, etc. ma tomo telo port ma tomo telo harbor nasin sewi ma Earth relgions, e.g., Native American sina lon ma seme Where (what country) are you from?