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Mah ‘neck’ merely; in occurs a derivative signifying ‘necklace’;   men,  męne,  męni,  męnni,, ‘necklace.’ To these are allied, in the non- languages,  monile, ‘necklace, collar,’  μάννος, μάνος, μόννος, ‘necklace,’  μανιάκης,  to  muince, ‘necklace,’  mani, , ‘string of pearls.’ An  *manâ, , ‘neck,’ is wanting, though manyâ, , ‘nape,’ occurs. Further, muin, muinél, ‘nape,’ mong, ‘hair, mane,’ with which  and  manke, mentioned above, is closely connected.  ,, ‘to warn, admonish,’ from manen,  manôn, manên, ‘to remind, warn, challenge’; corresponding to  manôn,  manian, ‘to. warn’; a derivative of the Aryan root mon, men, widely diffused in, to which are allied the   munan, ‘to be of opinion,’  memini, reminiscor, men-s (men-te-m),  μένος, μιμνήσκω, and the  root man, ‘to think’ (see , , and ). To manên (with the variant monên),  monêre, ‘to warn,’ with ŏ  to  a (as in  molere,  and  malan), which is likewise formed from the root men, is most closely allied in sound and meaning.  ,, from the  mar, mare,  and , ‘incubus, nightmare,’  mara, ;   mara, ,  mare in nightmare,  mara, , ‘incubus.’ The derivation from  marzjan, ‘to vex,’  marren, męrren, ‘to hinder, disturb,’ is scarcely possible. Some etymologists connect the word with - kikimora, ‘ghost,’ mora,  můro, ‘nightmare.’ From,  cauchemar, ‘nightmare,’ has also been derived (caucher, from  calcare, ‘to tread, press’).   ,, from the  męrhe,  męriha, marha, , ‘mare’;  of the  marah, marh, ‘horse,’ discussed under ;   mýre,  mare,  merrie,  merr, pointing to a  *marhi ( *marhjôs). In the  form has been preserved longer than the, on which it is based ( , , and ).   ,, from the  meie,  meio, , ‘May.’ Borrowed from  Mâjus (  maggio,  mai), ‘May,’ at the same period as , , and  (old form for ).   ,, ‘maid, servant,’ from meit. See.   ,, ‘green boughs for adornment,’ from late meie, , ‘birch tree,’ whence  majo,  mai, ‘green boughs, maypole’; identical with.   ,, ‘maize,’ only, a recent word in the  languages, of American origin (mahis in Hayti);   mais,  maize, and  maiz. Columbus is said to have imported the corn and its name.   , see. <section end="Maische" /> <section begin="Majoran" /> ,, ‘marjoram,’ in meigramme, , and also meiron, meieron, ‘marjoram.’ From  majorana; the  words seem to be based in sound on meie, ‘May.’   majorana,  marjolaine,  marjoram; the last two have also been corrupted?. The ultimate source of the- word is ἁμάρακον, whence  amaracus and majoracus (based on major). <section end="Majoran" /> <section begin="Makel" /> ,, ‘stain, blot,’ from late mâkel, , which was borrowed from  macula, ‘spot.’ <section end="Makel" /> <section begin="mäkeln" /> ', ',, ‘to transact business as a broker,’ only; from the   mäkeln,  makelen, which are allied to maken, ‘to make’ ( also combines the meanings ‘to make’ and ‘to traffic’). maquereau (whence mackerel), ‘pimp,’ is said to be derived from these cognates on account of  huormahhâri, ‘pimp.’ <section end="mäkeln" /> <section begin="Makrele" /> ,, ‘mackerel,’ from late makrêle, ; borrowed from the   makreel (  mackerel), which is of  origin;  macarellus, maquerellus,  maguerel,  maquereau. <section end="Makrele" /> <section begin="Mal" />  (1.),, ‘mark, spot,’ from mâl, , ‘spot,’  *mâl in the compound anamâli, ‘spot, car’; identical with  and  mâl, ‘period, point’; see  (2). Its kinship with  mail,, ‘spot,’ is uncertain, yet  has at all events assumed the meaning of  mail, which is normally represented by  and  meil, ; to this corresponds  mâl, whence  mole. mél, ‘time,’ points to the Aryan root mē̆, ‘to measure’ ( μέτρον, mêtîri). <section end="Mal" /> <section begin="-mal" />  (2.), suffix of the multiplicatives and temporal (also a noun); it is based on  and  mâl, ‘period’<section end="-mal" />