maya
noun B2- yeast (fungus; froth used in medicine, baking and brewing; cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
- nature, temperament
- impudent, unabashed person
- female animal kept for breeding
- female camel
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in mayam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mayasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mayasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mayasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mayasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Hoca, “ Göle maya çalıyorum, belki bu sayede hepsi yoğurt olur,” dedi.
The Hoca said, "I am fermenting the lake, maybe this way it will all become yogurt."
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