Ma

MAt'TATHAH, one who had married a foreign woman in the time of Ezra. Ezr 10:33.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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).

Part of speech: conjunction (conj.)

But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick). Moore (Encyc. of Music).